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Connecting Cainhoy: Pathway joining communities to Cainhoy Plantation in works

For some residents who reside in communities surrounding the southern part of the developing Cainhoy Plantation, home to the new Philip Simmons Schools, the lack of connectivity between entities is a concern. With a Publix, office spaces and a number of other retail sites planned for “Cainhoy South...

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...

River Landing Village subdivision plan moves through city approval process

Proposed street locations and lot lines for River Landing Village, a mixed-use community planned for the area adjacent to the Daniel Island Real Estate Sales Center near the Wando River, were unanimously approved by the City of Charleston Planning Commission at their regular meeting on Wednesday,...

DIS drama club director urges community to keep an open mind about spring musical

Imagine this: It is 20 years in the future and for the past two decades, the country has experienced an extreme drought. The water shortage is so severe that it has led to a government ban on private toilets, resulting in the rapid growth of paid public toilets owned by a monopolistic firm known as...

'March Madness' applies to fishing, too!

In the Lowcountry, we are blessed with great fishing pretty much year-round. However, March is a different story. Wild swings in the weather and consistently windy conditions make March my least favorite month to fish. Last week, the wind was simply awful. It kept me off the water for a couple of...

Cainhoy Elementary School: Then and now

In 1956, just two years after justices on the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court Case ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional, Cainhoy Elementary and High School, one of the area’s first schools to have desegregated...

Sen. Graham and Rep. Sanford answer the reader survey on gun violence solutions

Editor’s Note: This week we provide our readers with responses from U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s office and from U.S. Congressman Mark Sanford to The Daniel Island News reader survey on gun violence solutions. We did not get a response from Senator Tim Scott’s office prior to publication. Also in...

DI News History - March 8, 2018

TEN YEARS AGO – What to consider when looking for a summer camp The feature article in the March 6, 2008 issue of The Daniel Island News spotlighted the summer camp process. The article’s author, Dr. Linda Karges-Bone, a professor at Charleston Southern University at the time, had several tips to...

Mending the Gap: Third Annual Intergenerational Forum to Address Trio of Pressing Topics

After leaving a monthly meeting approximately seven years ago with his men’s group, Retired Old Men Eating Out (ROMEO), where the members discuss important topics such as world affairs, politics and the environment, island resident Fred Danziger pondered what would differ if the same questions were...

Island resident rescues dog with CPR

When Daniel Island resident Tricia Peterson realized that what she thought was a palm frond floating on top of her pool was actually Macie, the bulldog she was dog sitting for a friend, she immediately went into panic mode. Once she removed Macie from the pool, Peterson explained she thought there...