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Incumbent Gary White wins District 1 seat in run-off

Daniel Island resident Gary White will return to Charleston City Hall as the City Council member representing District 1. White, who has held the seat for the last 8 years, was challenged by fellow Daniel Island resident Shawn Pinkston. The two were forced into a run-off election on November 17,...

Community Thanksgiving service planned

When St. James AME Church Elder Jerry Burns was growing up on Thomas Island, church was an experience residents young and old eagerly took part in every week. Burns, now 70, remembers rushing to the tiny white church on the banks of Beresford Creek as a little boy, excited to get started on his...

DI News History - November 19, 2015

FIVE YEARS AGO In the November 18, 2010 edition of the paper, our centerfold featured a story on cell phone etiquette. Here are a few still relevant tidbits form that article: don’t talk in public, stay ten feet away from other people when on the cell phone, don’t talk on the phone in movie...

Last call for free luminary delivery for Island of Lights!

The annual mesmerizing, moving, incandescent illumination of Daniel Island returns on Sunday, December 6. For the fourth year, a nearly contiguous pathway of soft white luminaries will wind its way through the neighborhoods and town center of the island, and it is every resident’s and business...

Pedestrian and bicyclist hit by cars in recent weeks

Pedestrian struck by car A 59 year-old woman walking through a crosswalk at Seven Farms Drive and Daniel Island Drive was struck by a vehicle on the evening of November 13. According to City of Charleston Police, the victim was walking north on Seven Farms Drive at about 10:30 p.m. when a car...

New BCSD Superintendent, SC Ports Authority President among DINA guests

The November 3 meeting of the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association was a speaker-studded affair. DINA President Glenn Williman covered a few pieces of new business in an expeditious manner in order to allow the scheduled guest more time at the podium. A few administrative items Williman first...

Anna Grace Chang of Daniel Island to start in 'Into the Woods'

Starring Daniel Island teen, Anna Grace Chang as Mrs. Baker, Into The Woods, the youth stage musical adaptation of the beloved Brothers Grimm Fairytales, will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. November 20 to 22 at Footlight Players Theatre by the Lowcountry’s award winning youth company, Musical...

Charleston Basket Brigade hopes to feed 3500 Charleston area families this Thanksgiving

The Charleston Basket Brigade (CBB), a Charleston area nonprofit on a mission to serve local families in need at Thanksgiving, has set a 2015 goal to raise $105,000 to feed 3,500 Charleston Tri-County families (approximately 21,000 people) this year for Thanksgiving. With the biggest goal to date,...

Thankful to catch any species of any size

Over that past few weeks, I have been catching more large (20+ inch) Trout than usual. So this weekend, I invited my brother (Dave) and Kyler Gartner (who works at The Charleston Angler) to try and catch a few big ones. Since we were targeting Trout, we started just as the tide began to fall. For...

Community Garden becomes a reality as plots are officially up for lease

Daniel Island will finally have a community garden. It’s a win-win situation for both the community and the Daniel Island School. Jacqueline Gowe, who has been the project spearhead for the past three years, announced last year that the garden would be located on a piece of the school’s property...