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Early morning fall fishing is the time to catch fish and shrimp

I am happy to report that last week was an anomaly. Thankfully, fishing and shrimping were quite good this week. With low tide very early in the morning, some of the best fishing occurred before the sun cleared the horizon. In the pre-dawn light (which is actually pretty dark), Redfish and Trout...

Candidates get to the heart of the matter at DI News Mayoral Forum

They came with ideas for change, suggestions for tackling tough problems, and strategies for moving the City of Charleston forward. The gloves were off at the Daniel Island News Mayoral Forum on September 17 as the six candidates hoping to become the city’s next chief stated their cases before a...

Two memorable questions and answers from the mayoral forum

Editor’s Note: The Daniel island News hosted a mayoral forum with the six candidates on September 17. The City of Charleston Mayoral Election will be held on November 3. To help readers decide on how they will vote, The Daniel Island News will run questions from the forum along with answers from...

BE turns a Benjamin: Happy 100th Birthday Bishop England!

If the infamous Willard Scott happened to mark the Battling Bishops’ milestone birthday on morning television with a spinning Smuckers Jar, his jolly voiceover might sound something like this: “Bee-yoo-tiful Bishop England from Charleston, South Carolina turns 100 today. She currently has nearly...

A favorite day on Daniel Island, Buddy Walk returns October 4

A very famous Buddy once said, “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” If he could make it through the seven levels of the candy cane forest and the sea of swirly twirly gumdrops to Daniel Island, he would surely find himself up to his elfin ears in his favorite, and among thousands of...

9/11 Interfaith Memorial Service held on Daniel Island

Approximately 70 people attended the first 9/11 Interfaith Memorial Service at Philip Simmons Park on Friday evening, 9/11, and was the kick off event for the 2015 Heroes Run. This unique service included leaders from the African-American, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith communities and was...

Summerville Orchestra's powerful Sept.13 "Freedom Reigns" concert at DI Club

New DI Performing Arts Center in the works

Broadway-caliber productions may soon take center stage on Daniel Island. It was announced at the September 9 Daniel Island Speakers Series event that a Performing Arts Center is in the works for the island. Daniel Island Business Association (DIBA) President Pete Harper told those in attendance...

Anita Zucker share's family story steeped in survival, love, hard work and charity

As a young girl in Nazi-controlled Poland, Rose Goldberg found herself fighting for survival. She and her family had been living in a Labor Camp set up by the Nazi’s. When troops came to cleanse the “Ghetto,” she fell behind a straw mattress and kept still. They didn’t find her. Rose managed to...

Gift of piano by BTMA inspires island resident to 'pay it forward'

One good deed has sparked another. You may recall a recent story in The Daniel Island News about Bryce Siebuhr, an island teen who received a complimentary piano and music lessons last month from Black Tie Music Academy owners Braeden Kershner and Kris Manning. The pair decided to make the...