When Louise Chauncey found herself with more free time, she headed for the kitchen. 
Twenty people in a recreation center may not sound like the beginning of a transportation movement. 
Bishop England linebacker Matthew Ponkow owns the school record for quarterback sacks. 
The Philip Simmons High School football team’s high-octane offense is back in business. 
Interviews and portions of this article were previously published in 2016 in The Daniel Island News, commemorating Daniel Island's 20th Anniversary. 
When Louise Chauncey found herself with more free time, she headed for the kitchen.  Soon, she was baking cakes, cupcakes, and other sweets for birthdays, weddings, and celebrations around Daniel Island, turning her hobby into a small business.  Originally from Boston, Chauncey spent 30 years...
Twenty people in a recreation center may not sound like the beginning of a transportation movement.  Then again, as Berkeley County Councilmember Jarrod Brooks pointed out during a Sept. 9 gathering on Daniel Island, “It starts with 20, right?”  Those 20 or so residents came to the Daniel...
The Church of the Holy Spirit is expanding an additional 6,000 square feet to its current location on Seven Farms Drive on Daniel Island.  Church officials are hoping to increase its building space to accommodate a growing congregation and to add more classrooms and offices for its preschool...
There was a time when the morning trip to school meant walking to a corner, climbing aboard a yellow bus, and finding a seat beside a friend.  Increasingly, it means getting in the family sedan and joining the car line.  Daniel Island's recent ranking as South Carolina's most stressful school...
Summer may be over, but there’s never a bad time for ice cream. Whether you’re looking for a classic scoop, a towering soft-serve cone, or a cup piled with toppings, Daniel Island and Clements Ferry has a frozen treat for just about every craving.   For a scoop on the waterfront  The DIME is a...
Bishop England linebacker Matthew Ponkow owns the school record for quarterback sacks.  He also owns a 4.66 GPA.  His accomplishments have earned praise from coach Logan Hall, who stresses academic accomplishment can translate to success on the gridiron.  “He’s a great person on and off the...
Eight years ago, the Charleston Classic Invitational was built around a simple idea: Give girls a golf tournament that felt like a big deal.  This year, there wasn’t enough room for everyone who wanted in. “We had 20 teams competing for the team title, and three teams entered individual players...
Daniel Island's Eloise Fetzer took a deep breath and sank a 30-foot, uphill putt at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina to punch her third ticket to the Drive, Chip, and Putt finals at the Augusta National Golf Course during next April's Masters Week.  "It's an amazing and...
The Philip Simmons High School football team’s high-octane offense is back in business.  The Iron Horses won an offensive shootout for the second week in a row with a 42-37 conquest of Georgetown High School in a homecoming game played at The Phil on Sept. 18.  The Iron Horses struggled in...
The Bishop England High School football team kicked off a four-week road swing on a positive note, gaining a 17-10 victory over Hampton County in a game played in Varnville, South Carolina, on Sept. 18.  The Bishops upped their record to 5-0 with the victory over the Hurricanes, who lost to...

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