News

See you around, Mr. Spitler!

Classes end for the day at Daniel Island School. Students in oversized book bags hurry towards the main door, hop on bikes outside, or wait for their parents in the front office. The muffled sounds of music echo down the education facility’s painted hallways. Music instructor John Spitler conducts...

Primary candidates for county supervisor, Peagler and Cribb, discuss infrastructure in Berkeley County

The Berkeley County supervisor position is up for grabs, and it looks like it’s become a competitive race between current Supervisor Bill Peagler and newcomer Johnny Cribb. Peagler is a businessman who’s tried to shepherd the County through some of its growing pains in the last four years, and...

DI News History - June 7, 2018

TEN YEARS AGO – Color My World photo contest The theme of the June 5, 2008 issue of The Daniel Island News was the “Color My World” photo contest. Readers were asked to submit their photos and to say the talent was great is an understatement! The winning photo was called “Robin Hood’s Bay in...

Re-Ducks! Annual Charleston Duck Race on DI to return in new location

Saying “another year, another duck race” is too cynical of a description for the popular event’s 2018 iteration on Daniel Island. For the past 11 years, the family-friendly Charleston Duck Race was held on the Wando River, where 30,000 rubber ducks were poured from the top of the James B. Edwards...

Democratic candidates seeking to unseat Rep. Mark Sanford answer questions at forum

Democratic candidates Toby Smith and Joe Cunningham are convinced that they can dethrone incumbent U.S. House Rep. Mark Sanford in South Carolina’s District 1 Congressional Race, and they made it known at a forum held at a cushy Daniel Island Marina suite on Monday, May 21. “I want to repeal and...

Traffic weary drivers stay close to home

Businesses in the Mount Pleasant, Daniel Island, and Park Circle areas have each experienced the effects of the James B. Edwards Bridge closure – almost as much as locals stuck in traffic. As a lot of folks can guess, Mount Pleasant businesses have seen the worst of the closure’s impacts. Artisan...

Surveying the damage

The closure of the Wando River Bridge and subsequent lane reversal have left many people on Daniel Island feeling a little trapped. Our friendly neighbors in Mount Pleasant seem so far away to people who work, or just want to shop, across the bridge - and the roads leading to North Charleston seem...

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...

Police Blotter - May 31, 2018

The following cases were taken from the City of Charleston Police reports filed with Team 5 on Daniel Island between April 23 and May 16. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Officers met with a man outside of his downtown Daniel Island apartment complex at 4 a.m. on the morning of April 23. According to a police...

Clements Ferry Road expansion could threaten 'Meeting Tree'

Roughly one year ago, plans for Phase 2 of the Clements Ferry Road widening project were announced. While many citizens of the surrounding Clements Ferry Road neighborhoods have voiced their joy about the possibility of reducing traffic delays, some shared their discontent with a bevy of byproducts...