Opinions

What to take off the shelf

“Mary Jane” by Jessica Blau is a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s. Mary Jane, living in Baltimore with her very traditional parents, is hired by a neighborhood family as a mother’s helper for the summer. As she is exposed to a vastly different lifestyle, the reader will enjoy the food, music...

Read Biographies

As of late I’ve taken the advice of others and have been reading biographies and memoirs. Biographies and memoirs provide inspiration, insight and encouragement by way of example. I’ve always been one who learns best from example — and have tried to teach my children to observe and learn in a...

DI News' Jan Marvin named Advertising Designer of the Year

The Daniel Island News’ graphic artist Jan Marvin won Advertising Designer of the Year for South Carolina newspapers, as recognized by the South Carolina Press Association, for her body of work for 2020. Congratulations! The judges explained their choice, stating that her work, “Does it...

Despite challenges, there were many successes at the State House

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve in the State House for District 99. With the first session of the 124th General Assembly of the South Carolina House of Representatives ending recently, I wanted to share an update on the accomplishments and progress made. This year was...

Letter to the Editor - August 5, 2021

Know what you’re getting with an exotic pet We should add one very important consideration missing in the feature article regarding unique pets [from the July 22 edition of The Daniel Island News]. We need to be careful glamorizing exotic pets. Carelessly acquiring and handling an exotic...

GOING FOR THE GOLD

“Whatever happened to Ann Meyer?” my lovely wife, Grace, asked. “I don’t know,” I shot back, then realized that I probably should have paused a tad, for effect, before responding. “He’s hiding something,” my Aunt Toogie barked. “He just pulled on his nose and he always does that when...

Letter to the Editor - July 29, 2021

In 2020, Nancy Mace boasted of her success in passing her S.C. bill which protected over 1,000 South Carolina female prison inmates should they be pregnant while in prison. I have not read how many prisoners were pregnant in S.C. prisons and just how many of those women were actually shackled...

Honoring South Carolina’s finest

I never thought in 2021 I would write about a vote regarding statues in the U.S. Capitol, but here we are. Last month, in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, the House of Representatives voted to relocate 14 statues throughout the U.S. Capitol. Lost in the discussion was the main...

Letter to the Editor-July 22, 2021

Danziger honor well deserved There are so many “bad” things in the world these days. Poverty, gun violence, discrimination, climate change, divisiveness, violence against “the others,” warfare, etc. Who among us has not read this morning’s headlines and wished that they could do something to make...

Mystery Photo- July 22

There were multiple winners of last week’s Mystery Photo Contest who correctly identified the picture as one of the fountain spouts as part of the new waterfront park. Congrats to Nancy True, Shatara Young, Karen Fedder, Blaire Layton, Dianne Buck, Lavya Garg, and Tom McCurdy for their accurate...