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Heroes Run Interfaith memorial Service set for September 9

Mark your calendars now for the second annual Heroes Run Interfaith Memorial Service, which will occur at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 9, at Simmons Park (located next to the Daniel Island Fire Station, 235 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island, SC 29492). Organized by members of Providence Baptist...

Daniel Island Rotary News

The Rotary Club of Daniel Island has been an active service club on Daniel Island for over 15 years! Some of their signature events and charitable endeavors include the Duck Race, donating dictionaries to local elementary students, collecting and donating food to those in need, supporting the local...

Fast action keeps children interested in fishing

Cooler (relative to what it has been) weather has dropped the water temperature a couple of degrees and fishing has improved significantly (especially if you use live shrimp for bait). This week, I fished with my friend Hugh and his grandsons Roman and Nico. We have been fishing together for many...

September's Honeycomb shows a second time with a different focus

Pause for a second. Take a breath. Look around and take in your surrounding. What do you see? Take the moment to notice. Mary Wessner’s photography invites the viewer to do just that - to take a moment to appreciate something exquisite. Whether it is seeing the body-like shapes in the smoke from...

Fire destroys Barfield Street home

On Friday evening, August 19, firefighters battled a blaze at a three-story home at 1125 Barfield Street. The home is owned by John and Laurie Smalley of Dayton, Ohio. No one was living in the home at the time of the fire. Neighbors said that the home is sometimes occupied by renters but that no...

Charleston 9/11 Heroes Run: 'Guests of Honor' to share first responder stories at September 10 event

Laura Siebuhr Mendola was scheduled to work the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift on September 11, 2001 in lower Manhattan. For the former medic with the Fire Department of New York’s Battalion 45, it began like any other day. “My alarm went off and that’s how I started off,” recalled Mendola, who now resides...

DI News History - August 25, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO - DI BERKELEY COUNTY LIBRARY DESCRIBED AS 'FIELD OF DREAMS' In the August 24, 2006 issue of the Daniel Island News, the feature story was about the new Berkeley County Library opening on Daniel Island. Planned to open in January 2007, the 5,000 sq. ft. building was meant to focus on...

Daniel Island Library Programming for September

The following is the upcoming program schedule for September at the Daniel Island Branch of the Berkeley County Library. CHILDREN’S STORYTIME Mondays 10:30 & 11 a.m. Come dance to your favorite music and listen to exciting stories. RECORDER CLASS NEW TIME. Tuesdays 2-3 p.m., Sept. 9 – Dec. 6....

DI Families: Meet the Jansen Family

This week, we sat down with the Jansen family of Pierce Street, one of the “pioneer” families who bravely, but enthusiastically, made the island their home when it was a largely undeveloped frontier: empty, dark, and full of mosquitoes…and lots of promise. Meet Mark, an engineer in charge of...

BCSD responds to bussing concerns expressed by PSES/PSMS parents

While there were relatively few bumps reported in the first week of school in the Berkeley County School District (BCSD), things didn’t go as smoothly when it came to bus transportation for some students attending Philip Simmons Elementary School (PSES) and Philip Simmons Middle School (PSMS)....