News

Keeping an eye on crime

On New Year’s Eve, an unwelcome visitor entered Scharlene and Doug Ringer’s Etiwan Park dwelling on Daniel Island. Wearing what the couple believes was a ghillie suit, the offender was only seen by Scharlene and was not identified. At first, she believed it was her husband attempting to playfully...

Johnny Cribb sworn in as new Berkeley County supervisor

New leadership has officially taken over the administrative helm of Berkeley County government. Before a packed house in the Berkeley County Council chambers in Moncks Corner on Jan. 2, Johnny Cribb was sworn in as the newly elected county supervisor. “This is a brand new year, and with a new year...

Correction

In a letter to the editor about the Daniel Island Business Association in the Jan. 3 – Jan. 9, 2019 edition of The Daniel Island News, Chuck Lattif was incorrectly identified as outgoing president. He is the current president of the organization and was recently elected to his third term....

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. For more information on any of these proposed actions, visit dineighborhoodassociation.org (click on “Land Use and Zoning Activity”). All...

Rep. Nancy Mace looks ahead at her legislative goals for 2019

House District 99 Representative Nancy Mace of Daniel Island survived an election gauntlet in her first year in office. In 12 months, the congresswoman was elected in a primary, run-off, general, and special elections. “It was grueling,” she said recently, reflecting on the experience. “I had to...

Proposed bill seeks to eliminate loophole that allows students to cross county lines to attend schools

(NOTE: Since this article went to print, The Daniel Island News received information from Charleston County School District pertaining to the number of students attending School of the Arts and Academic Magnet High School from Berkeley County. That data, as well as a disclosure regarding the paper’...

Cardboard Arcade fosters students' creativity

There was cardboard everywhere in the Philip Simmons Middle School gymnasium on Dec. 20. Strewn about in an arts and crafts exhibition, all ages of middle schoolers ran from each display. There were games all around, like bowling, darts, skee-ball, and slingshot sharpshooting. Every game was...

What's happening at the Daniel Island Library in January?

The following activities will take place during the month of January at the Berkeley County Library on Daniel Island, located at 2301 Daniel Island Drive. For additional information, call (843) 471-2952 or visit www.berkeleylibrarysc.org/locations-and-hours/daniel-island-library. Children’s Story...

Charleston's 'liveability' ranked in top 10

Charleston has been named as one of 2018’s best places to retire by Livability.com. Well, we could have told them that! They ranked cities in many areas, including: community engagement, safety, hospital quality, affordability, residents over 65, activities and recreation, cost of primary care,...

Group offers life-changing help for women in crisis

Charleston native Gina Marie Applebee didn’t need her eyesight to see how dark the world can be. Born with a degenerative retinal condition, by age 22 she was totally blind. But a lack of vision would prove to be the least of her worries. After a difficult and abusive childhood, Gina found herself...