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DI News History - September 1, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO - Southern Living Idea House In the August 31, 2006 edition of the paper the cover and centerfold story featured 2465 Daniel Island Drive, which was featured in Southern Living as one of their “Idea Houses.” Tours of the home were open to the public, with proceeds benefitting the MUSC...

Local homebrewers headed to the big league

Just two years ago, Hank Hanna and Pearce Fleming, both residents of Daniel Island, were in the beginning stages of what would become a passion for home brewing beer. Earlier this year, in a May issue of The Daniel Island News, Hanna explained the home brew process and why it had become much more...

Pink-ify DI!

The Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure and The Daniel Island News are teaming up to sponsor a new decorating contest for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in advance of the Race for the Cure, which will be held on Daniel Island on October 15. Island businesses and residents are invited to decorate...

Heroes Run Interfaith memorial Service set for September 9

Mark your calendars now for the second annual Heroes Run Interfaith Memorial Service, which will occur at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 9, at Simmons Park (located next to the Daniel Island Fire Station, 235 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island, SC 29492). Organized by members of Providence Baptist...

Daniel Island Rotary News

The Rotary Club of Daniel Island has been an active service club on Daniel Island for over 15 years! Some of their signature events and charitable endeavors include the Duck Race, donating dictionaries to local elementary students, collecting and donating food to those in need, supporting the local...

Fast action keeps children interested in fishing

Cooler (relative to what it has been) weather has dropped the water temperature a couple of degrees and fishing has improved significantly (especially if you use live shrimp for bait). This week, I fished with my friend Hugh and his grandsons Roman and Nico. We have been fishing together for many...

September's Honeycomb shows a second time with a different focus

Pause for a second. Take a breath. Look around and take in your surrounding. What do you see? Take the moment to notice. Mary Wessner’s photography invites the viewer to do just that - to take a moment to appreciate something exquisite. Whether it is seeing the body-like shapes in the smoke from...

Fire destroys Barfield Street home

On Friday evening, August 19, firefighters battled a blaze at a three-story home at 1125 Barfield Street. The home is owned by John and Laurie Smalley of Dayton, Ohio. No one was living in the home at the time of the fire. Neighbors said that the home is sometimes occupied by renters but that no...

Charleston 9/11 Heroes Run: 'Guests of Honor' to share first responder stories at September 10 event

Laura Siebuhr Mendola was scheduled to work the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift on September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan. For the former medic with the Fire Department of New York’s Battalion 45, it began like any other day. “My alarm went off and that’s how I started off,” recalled Mendola, who now resides...

DI News History - August 25, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO - DI BERKELEY COUNTY LIBRARY DESCRIBED AS 'FIELD OF DREAMS' In the August 24, 2006 issue of the Daniel Island News, the feature story was about the new Berkeley County Library opening on Daniel Island. Planned to open in January 2007, the 5,000 sq. ft. building was meant to focus on...