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Holiday Gift Guide - Shop Local

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Need some inspiration for yuletide treasures? Unwrap some festive gift ideas from several local businesses. ‘Don’t Lose the Ball in the Lights’ Great book for the sports-minded person on your list! AUTHOR - SUZANNE DETAR Presented in short, devotion-style chapters, “...

Huger residents take a stand against DonMar Sand Mines

The expansion of the DonMar Sand Mine was a non-negotiable issue for a group of residents of the Huger community. At a sometimes heated community forum on December 5, the residents told DonMar officials directly that they did not want the proposed sand mine expansion to occur under any...

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. For more information on any of these proposed actions, visit dineighborhoodassociation.org (click on “Land Use and Zoning Activity”). All...

S.C. School Report Cards are in! How did local schools do?

The end of November brought the annual release of the South Carolina Department of Education School Report Cards, which are used to measure the performance of schools and districts in academic achievement, student progress, and school quality, among other categories. And, while several schools in...

Daniel Island Fellowship's 'Hope Repair' project targets those in need

Every month, Daniel Island Fellowship parishioners armed with hammers, nails, and building supplies work to improve living conditions for their Daniel Island and Cainhoy peninsula neighbors through a project known as “Hope Repair.” The initiative, an outreach program of the church, meets the second...

New City of Charleston regulations target plastic bags, straws and foam products

In a 2017 Daniel Island News survey, we asked our readers to come up with “101 ways to improve our community.” In one suggestion, a respondent noted that Daniel Island would be “fantastic without plastic.” It seems Charleston City Council agrees, at least as it pertains to citywide use of single-...

The Daniel Island Community Fund provided 35 non-profits with grants in 2018

Every year, the city is decorated with red ribbons and greenery from Christmas trees, while citizens match the aesthetic with a charitable disposition. Giving is always encouraged during the holiday season, but the Daniel Island Community Fund (DICF) spreads the spirit of the season through the...

HALOS receive donation from DI Community Foundation's Employee Advised Fund

A donation of $2,500 was made to HALOS from the Employee Advised Fund of the Daniel Island Community Foundation. The EAF is a charitable initiative funded by voluntary payroll deduction contributions from employees of Daniel Island Real Estate, the DI Development Company, Daniel Island Club and...

Community mourns passing of former DI resident Bob Jerome

Robert J. “Bob” Jerome, born March 6, 1953 in Watertown, New York, passed away peacefully in Houston, Texas on Sunday, December 2, 2018 surrounded by Kate Jerome who was his beloved wife for 15 years and his stepson, Eric Nyquist. Bob and Kate were residents of Daniel Island from 2001 to 2016. A...

Good reads for December

Recent travel has afforded me a great deal of reading time. A sampling: “Meet Me at the Museum” by Anne Youngson -- An epistolary novel between an English farmer’s wife and a museum curator in Denmark. They share life, love and loss leading to a new perspective on their existence. Thoughtful and...