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The return of the pink flamingos!

Daniel Island’s annual “flocking” fundraiser is back! The pink flamingos campaign to benefit Young Life and Wyldlife on Daniel Island is set to take place April 21-27. We caught up with local Wyldlife Director Tracey Lengyel Thomas to get some details on the initiative before it takes flight. Q....

Can Daniel Island be 'fantastic without plastic'?

Last January, we surveyed readers of The Daniel Island News to come up with “101 ways to improve our community.” One of the suggestions submitted was to make Daniel Island “fantastic without plastic,” meaning that the community should ban the use of plastic bags. Just how feasible is this idea? In...

Bellinger Island improvement projects nearing completion

The Bellinger Island boat landing should be back in service soon, according to a recent announcement from the Daniel Island Property Owners Association (POA). Work is almost complete on this improvement project, as well as the Bellinger Island erosion control initiative. The contractor expects to...

New DI summer concert series to kick off April 28

On Friday, April 28, the Daniel Island Property Owners Association will debut a new concert series for Daniel Island residents and their guests at Townsend Park in the Edgefield Park neighborhood. The 2017 “Sounds of Summer” kickoff concert, to be held from 6 to 9 p.m., will feature Ben Fagan...

What do you know?

This week’s question for the Daniel Island Historical Society’s “What do you know?” history trivia contest was challenging. Thanks to all who participated! Unfortunately, we had no winners. Here is the question that appeared in the April 6 edition of The Daniel Island News, along with the correct...

The early bird catches the worm...and the fish!

For years, I have been attending Easter sunrise service at the Daniel Island Children’s Park. This year, I intended to do the same. Unfortunately, there was no sunrise service at the park. However, I did witness a glorious sunrise over the Wando River. As I took a picture, I realized conditions...

Meet Daniel Island's nuttiest neighbors - the fox squirrels!

“What is the deal with these squirrels?” a guest recently asked, studying something from our dining room window. A glance over her shoulder explained the question. Fifteen feet away, an adult fox squirrel lay on an oak limb, assessing whether the activity on the other side of the window panes was...

Award-winning 305 Seven Farms Apartments Hits 10 Year Milestone

December 7, 2006, marked the arrival of clustered affordable housing on Daniel Island. The complex known as 305 Seven Farms Apartments, a development of the Humanities Foundation and the winner of the 2010 Development of the Year Award from the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development...

DI girls invited to free 'Junior Girls Day Out' program

Attention Daniel Island girls, aged 7 to 14! A special event geared towards helping you explore your future career goals and awaken your entrepreneurial talents is coming to Daniel Island on Tuesday, May 2. Want to learn how to be a fashion designer at WHITE’s bridal salon? Or what it takes to be...

DI News History - April 20, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO - THEN SUPERVISOR DAN DAVIS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON HIS FIRST 100 DAYS In the April 19, 2007 edition, our top news story featured the newly elected Berkeley County Supervisor at the time, Dan Davis, who explained that his first 100 days in office were a learning process and that he didn...