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Local teens complete Eagle Scout projects

Huger resident Duncan Levay and Daniel Island resident Preston Maile will soon become the second and third Boy Scouts at Daniel Island-based Troop 519 to earn a coveted Eagle Scout Award. A junior at Palmetto Scholars Academy, Levay has been a member of the troop since 2009. Maile, a sophomore at...

April 12 was declared Isabella Rybak Day in honor of her work supporting military dog teams

Isabella Rybak, a 13-year old island resident, is a Youth Brand Ambassador for Warrior Dog Foundation, established by the former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland. Isabella started her own organization, K9 Warriors in 2015. She says her mission is to provide military working dog teams with anything and...

Daniel Island Academy named South Carolina Farm to Preschool Program Site

Daniel Island Academy has been selected as a South Carolina Farm to Preschool Program grant recipient. This is the first school within Berkeley County to receive site designation and funding. The SC Farm to Preschool Program connects preschools with local agriculture with the goals of increasing...

Daniel Island Community Fund awards grants totaling $161,845 in first quarter of 2016

The Daniel Island Community Fund (DICF), a private 501(c) 4 organization that is funded by a transfer fee on all resale transactions within the master planned community of Daniel Island, has announced the recipients of grant funding for the first quarter of 2016. Grants totaling $161,845 were...

Costume Change: Artist Jonathan Green inspires costumes for Spoleto production of Porgy and Bess

Jonathan Green says that costume designer Annie Simon understands his vision for Porgy and Bess “in a glorifying way.” But it took awhile. After all, he’s using the opera to change a paradigm that has plagued the African American community incessantly. When Spoleto Festival director Nigel Redden...

'Queen of Lowcountry Fiction' releases A Lowcountry Wedding

She has been dubbed the “Queen of Lowcountry Fiction” by Charleston City Paper - and Mary Alice Monroe has certainly lived up to the title. Monroe describes local landscapes in her stories with such evocative detail that even if you aren’t familiar with the setting, you’ll swear you can smell the...

Noshing Nirvana: May 19, 2016

Our monthly food column has a matrimonial vibe for May. Daniel Island husband and wife duo Mike and Becky Howard travel a lot. They’ve had their share of meals on the road. And by meals on the road, we don’t mean squealing into Cracker Barrel on two wheels. We mean sampling some of the best cuisine...

Brook Trout are the only native fresh water Trout species in South Carolina

According to naturalists, Brook Trout are the only native fresh water Trout species in South Carolina. They inhabit remote small mountain streams and are said to be a challenge to catch (with a dry fly). Brook Trout are also one of the few South Carolina fish that Elliott (my son) and I have yet to...

Island-Wide Parking Enforcement to Start Mid to End of May

Provided by DINA Back in March, Marie Delcioppo, Daniel Island Neighborhood Association (DINA) Safety Chair, met with the City of Charleston’s Traffic and Transportation Department to address parking violations and the island’s infrastructure needs. From this meeting, she and the department...

Two teens struck on bikes in intersection

Two Daniel Island teens riding bikes through a crosswalk at the intersection of Daniel Island Drive and Seven Farms Drive on May 3 were hit by a vehicle. According to Team 5 Commander, Lt. James Byrne, the collision occurred at approximately 3:50 p.m. The van that struck the bikers was being driven...