News

Fishing conditions were challenging but improving

Early in the week, fishing conditions were challenging. Water clarity was the rough equivalent of chocolate milk and tides were running well above normal. These conditions combined to shut down the Trout bite. However, the unusually high tides had Redfish tailing in the marsh grass. So on Wednesday...

Be the best bike town around: Bike Safety Bonanza rolls up Oct. 18

The image of a bike denotes something so simple and optimistic. Freedom. Fresh air. Good health. But there are also a few potential perils attached to those wonderful wheels: Collision with vehicles. Thefts or vandalism. A bad spill. And on Daniel Island, where residents truly take advantage of the...

Friends of the Library to sponsor Daniel Island Harvest Tour of Homes

The Friends of the Daniel Island Library will sponsor the Daniel Island Harvest Tour of Homes on Saturday, October 24, 2015. This event, now in its eighth year, is a fundraiser for the Daniel Island Library. The Friends of the Library is a nonprofit organization of volunteers who work with the...

Park Day returns to Children's Park on November 14

Daniel Island’s popular annual fall festival, Park Day, will return to Children’s Park, located on River Landing Drive, on the banks of the Wando River on Daniel Island, on Saturday, November 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A fall tradition in the Lowcountry, Park Day offers outdoor family fun and...

Mayoral Candidate Forum - Part 4

In this week’s issue, we continue our coverage of the Daniel Island News Mayoral Candidate Forum by bringing you two additional questions posed by Moderator Steve Ferber at the September 17 event, along with the candidates’ responses. In this part of the series, the candidates focus on concerns...

Pink it up, 'Tie One On'

The Family Circle Tennis Center is getting pinker by the day, and gearing up once again to host one of the Lowcountry’s most moving (literally and figuratively) events of support and celebration. The 22nd annual Race for the Cure takes place on Saturday, October 17, and more than 5,000 participants...

DI News History - October 8, 2015

FIVE YEARS AGO In the October 7, 2010 edition of the paper, our cover featured a photo of painting Daniel Island Pink in advance of the Race for the Cure. And, we reported that Charleston Water Systems would increase the water rates by an average of 4.5 percent and sewer rates by an average of 5.5...

Book drive being held to benefit primary school in Botswana

Tory Lysik, a Daniel Island sophomore attending Hanahan High School, is collecting books to send to a primary school in Africa. Philanthropy is nothing new to Tory. She spent two weeks this past summer with Global Leadership Adventures taking care of elephants in northern Thailand. After that trip...

Third Annual Daniel Island-Wide Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Program needs your help

Imagine being a young child in a foreign country who has never received a gift of any kind. Now imagine making a difference in the life of that child! Join your neighbors on Daniel Island as we gather to pack shoeboxes full of gift items, school supplies, hygiene items, and lots of love on Saturday...

Celebrated youth minister and Christian musician Sean Forrest to visit BEHS on Oct. 13

On Tuesday, October 13, Bishop England High School is hosting a very special engagement with Nashville recording artist, acclaimed youth minister, and inspirational speaker Sean Forrest. His work with thousands of teens and adults has earned him recognition and awards within the Catholic community...