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DI actors to star in The Music Man at Footlight Players

An all-youth cast, including six Daniel Island actors, will perform beloved six-time Tony winner, The Music Man, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m on July 23 and 24 at Footlight Players Theatre. Rising Bishop England junior, Lexi Widenhouse, stars in the principal role of Marian the Librarian, and is joined by...

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BLUE RIBBONS: HONORING THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY TO KEEP US SAFE

Daniel Island resident Sherry Hannigan, along with daughter Katie and grandson Collin, this week initiated a visual tribute to law enforcement personnel nationwide – encouraging island residents to place blue ribbons around their trees as a symbolic gesture to tell police everywhere: we appreciate...

From Cows to Cornfields to an award-winning community

(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles that will appear over the next several months in The Daniel Island News commemorating the island community’s 20th anniversary.) The first time Daniel Island Company President Matt Sloan laid eyes on Daniel Island, it was from the top of the...

Daniel Island harnesses power of the sun

The Daniel Island Club took a big step recently into the world of eco-friendly practices with the addition of an innovative, renewable energy solar panel system at the club’s golf cart barn. The 60 kilowatt system, which includes 220 panels, was installed on the barn’s front roof in June by...

DI News History - July 14, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO In the July 13, 2006 edition of the paper our feature story was on “collecting” and our cover photo was of island resident and collector Derrick Lemon with his Watergate license plate and we featured his Watergate collection. In top news, 16-year Berkeley County School Board veteran...

Be a Guardian ad Litem

Children who enter the foster care system are in need of caring adults to speak up for them in Family Court. The Guardian ad Litem is a strong child advocate for children. If you are over 21 and can give 4-5 hours a month to visit a child, you can change a child’s life. You do not need a college...

DI Families: Meet the Pitchford Family

There’s no better way to recharge your enthusiasm and appreciation for living on Daniel Island than to see the community through the eyes of families who have just relocated here. Families who remind us about the how lucky we are to live here, with such incredible quality of life, in our unique “...

Where have the young men gone?

Tom Mortenson, Pell Fellow and publisher of Higher Opportunity Education in Washington D.C. ran the numbers way back in the 80’s and 90’s, and warned us. “Fewer boys are applying to college, and drop out at higher rates than girls. We need to examine what doesn’t work for them in higher education...

Summer Reading 2016

Unbearable Lightness By Portia de Rossi Reveiwed by Melyssa Jaskiewicz When I told my husband I was reading Portia de Rossi’s memoir, he responded with “Why would you want to read a book about some privileged rich girl?” To be honest I had the book for over a year before I picked it up. I had seen...