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Get lifted at the Savannah Music Festival!

One of the best things about music is that it transcends. It ignores borders, persists through tragedy, unites crowds and reveals souls. It fills our ears with beauty. It shows us other perspectives. The programming at this year’s Savannah Music Festival, set to begin next week, is an invitation to...

DI News History - March 16, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO - ISLANDERS RUN THEIR BUSINESSES FROM THEIR HOMES In the March 15, 2007 edition of the paper our centerfold featured residents who work and run their businesses from their home. Featured businesses/islanders included: Educational Avenues, owned by Chip and Claire Law; artist Marina...

Winter chill can bring fishing thrills

The Daniel Island Kids Fishing Tournament is fast approaching. With this in mind, in my upcoming class at the Daniel Island Library on “How to Catch Fish On and Around Daniel,” I will be covering where and how to catch fish in the Smythe Park lake - the site of the tournament. If you have children...

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island - March 16, 2017

Below are 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 of the...

DI teens lead riverside clean-up!

Daniel Island’s riverside trails and marsh areas are a bit cleaner – thanks to recent efforts led by island residents Nick DeFazio and Mason Jordahl, both students at Christ Our King – Stella Maris School. DeFazio and a team of 16 other volunteers conducted a trash sweep of the trail area between...

Daniel Islanders on the path to U.S. citizenship: Part 1

Of the many contentious issues capturing headlines in this inarguably tumultuous time in American politics, none has so tugged at the country’s collective heartstrings than the discussion over immigration. Who gets to come? How difficult is the process? Is our nation vulnerable to threat by those...

Annual 'JDRF Charleston One Walk' coming to DI March 12

More than 1,000 walkers representing local businesses, families, schools and other organizations are expected to participate in the 8th Annual JDRF Charleston One Walk on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Smythe Park on Daniel Island. Organizers have set a fundraising goal of collecting over $146,000 for...

Positively Parenting - March 2017

Once a month, we pose a question submitted by one of our readers to a local professional or expert regarding parenting issues. For this issue’s question, we focus on speech therapy. Daniel Island resident and professional speech therapist Deborah Scarlett provides our answer. QUESTION: My first...

Camp: Ready, Set, Camp!

You are considering a summer camp, but how to choose? There’s a camp that is ideally suited for every child, providing a summer of growth and fun whether your child attends a day or overnight camp, a specialized or traditional camp. With a little help from the camp professionals at the American...

Camp: Camp defines and develops character!

Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines character as one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual. Character development is tricky. It isn’t something that can be learned from a textbook or in a lecture — it is learned through teachable moments and experiences....