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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...

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...

Guns: Where do you stand?

Editor’s Note: Last week we emailed a survey to 3703 readers in our current reader database to find out where they stand on gun control legislation and on gun violence solutions. Close to 300 readers responded. This week, below, we share with our readers the results of the first four, yes/no...

State congressional leaders Mace and Grooms answer the reader survey on gun violence solutions

Editor’s Note: This week we provide our readers with responses from State Representative Nancy Mace and State Senator Larry Grooms to The Daniel Island News reader survey on gun violence solutions. We have also asked representatives from other levels of local, state and federal government to...

Positively Parenting: How can we prepare for the college application process?

Once a month, we pose a question submitted by one of our readers to a local professional or expert regarding parenting issues. For this issue’s question, a reader submitted a question about preparing her ninth grader for the college application process. We turned to Daniel Island resident and...

DIS raises more than $41K for American Heart Association!

After a successful month of raising money through their “Jump Rope for Heart” fundraiser, students at Daniel Island School celebrated raising a total of $41,287 with a fun-filled jump rope competition on Friday, Feb. 9. The 15 finalists in the competition, composed of students ranging from...

Warm weather conditions are good for top lure redfish fishing

It has been an interesting winter. In January, we had a snow storm and record low temperatures. Then, the month of February was unusually warm. For the past few weeks, I have been fishing in shorts and flip flops. The water temperature is a surprisingly warm 64 degrees. Baitfish have returned to...

What’s happening at the Daniel Island Library in March?

The following activities will take place during the month of March at the Berkeley County Library on Daniel Island, located at 2301 Daniel Island Drive. For additional information, call (843) 471-2952 or visit www.berkeleylibrarysc.org/locations-and-hours/daniel-island-library. CHILDREN’S STORY...