News

From Cows to Cornfields to an award-winning community

(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will appear over the next several months in The Daniel Island News commemorating the island community’s 20th anniversary.) The first time Daniel Island Company President Matt Sloan laid eyes on Daniel Island, it was from the top of the...

Daniel Island harnesses power of the sun

The Daniel Island Club took a big step recently into the world of eco-friendly practices with the addition of an innovative, renewable energy solar panel system at the club’s golf cart barn. The 60 kilowatt system, which includes 220 panels, was installed on the barn’s front roof in June by...

DI News History - July 14, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO In the July 13, 2006 edition of the paper our feature story was on “collecting” and our cover photo was of island resident and collector Derrick Lemon with his Watergate license plate and we featured his Watergate collection. In top news, 16-year Berkeley County School Board veteran...

Be a Guardian ad Litem

Children who enter the foster care system are in need of caring adults to speak up for them in Family Court. The Guardian ad Litem is a strong child advocate for children. If you are over 21 and can give 4-5 hours a month to visit a child, you can change a child’s life. You do not need a college...

DI Families: Meet the Pitchford Family

There’s no better way to recharge your enthusiasm and appreciation for living on Daniel Island than to see the community through the eyes of families who have just relocated here. Families who remind us about the how lucky we are to live here, with such incredible quality of life, in our unique “...

Where have the young men gone?

Tom Mortenson, Pell Fellow and publisher of Higher Opportunity Education in Washington D.C. ran the numbers way back in the 80’s and 90’s, and warned us. “Fewer boys are applying to college, and drop out at higher rates than girls. We need to examine what doesn’t work for them in higher education...

Summer Reading 2016

Unbearable Lightness By Portia de Rossi Reveiwed by Melyssa Jaskiewicz When I told my husband I was reading Portia de Rossi’s memoir, he responded with “Why would you want to read a book about some privileged rich girl?” To be honest I had the book for over a year before I picked it up. I had seen...

O2 Fitness director fights back after paralyzing injury

Inside the O2 Fitness facility on Seven Farms Drive on Daniel Island, the sounds of the quest for betterment ring out on any given day. Feet pound on a fleet of treadmills. Weights clink back into position lift after lift. Puffs of air expel from bodies pushing themselves to the limit. But on a...

What's The Big Idea?

When many of us think about eager entrepreneurs pitching their products or services to potential investors, we conjure up images of the popular television show Shark Tank – a program known for its biting remarks and competitive wrangling. But for those who took part in the “What’s the Big Idea?”...

What is "Brexit" and why did it happen?

Brexit (short for “British Exit”) was the nickname given to the movement to persuade the British government to pull Britain out of the European Union (EU). A nationwide referendum — only the third in modern history in Britain — took place on June 23, 2016, and by a close vote of 52% to 48% British...