News

A sojourn into history: African Americans in the Civil War

The Berkeley County Library on Daniel Island kicked off Black History Month on Wednesday February 1, when two dozen community members flocked to the location for the first of a three-part lecture series entitled “Civil War and Black History.” The lecture series is being coordinated by Daniel...

What do you know? February 9, 2017

Thank you to those who participated in the most recent Daniel Island Historical Society’s “What Do You Know?” contest - and congratulations to our two winners, Alyssa Higley and Lisa McQueen-Starling! Both received a special prize from DIHS for their efforts. Below is the question posed in the...

Spring-like temps bring shallow water feeding frenzy!

No matter where you stand on climate change, it is hard to argue that this winter feels a lot like Spring. In February, we are typically dealing with the coldest water temperatures of the year. However, this weekend, the water temperature was 57 degrees. While the water is unusually warm for...

DI Families: Meet the McDermotts!

We recently sat down with Kristen and Jason McDermott and family dog, Finn. The McDermotts, both long-time teachers at the Daniel Island School and familiar faces to many Daniel Island families, recently moved from Mount Pleasant into their beautiful new home in Edgefield Park. As the couple shared...

School News - February 9, 2017

PSES students get schooled on county government! Second grade students at Philip Simmons Elementary School (PSES) have been learning about the role of local government in the community. As part of that instruction, they were recently given a firsthand look at Berkeley County government operations...

The technology dilemma: When does usage cross into addiction?

“Since you get a dopamine rush when you get a buzz or beep from a text or social media ‘like’... what we’re doing is creating an entire generation of mini-addicts.” - Author Simon Sinek “Please turn off that screen!” “But I can’t!” It’s a familiar exchange in many households. Often times we don’t...

Postively Parenting: February question

Welcome to the second edition of our new 2017 series – Positively Parenting. Once a month, we pose a question submitted by one of our readers to a local parenting expert. For this issue’s question, we focus on digital consumption - a topic that we are currently exploring in a Daniel Island News...

Kris Manning is February Honeycomb Artist

Daniel Island resident Kris Manning is a busy woman. She’s a dedicated mother to two teenage boys in a household where the whole family sits down to dinner every night to share how they helped make the world just a tiny bit better that day through random acts of kindness. A passionate drummer,...

DI News History - February 2, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO - YOUTH BASKETBALL PREMIERS AT DIS In the February 1, 2007 edition of the paper we featured the growing recreational basketball program on the island. Ten years ago there were about 80 island youth ranging in age from 5-12 competing in the City of Charleston Recreation basketball...

Digital Consumption: Why can't we 'Just Say No?'

Everybody’s doing it. Whether we are at work, in school or at home, most of us use it every day. And if we're not on it, our children are. The use of smartphones has sent technology seeping into so many facets of our daily lives in the last decade. But at what cost? How often do we see couples out...