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Hawks suffer loss to Timberland but still have a shot to tie for league lead

The Hanahan High School football team lost a tough decision to Timberland Friday night, dropping a Region 7-AAA showdown by a 20-7 margin in a game played at St. Stephen. But Hawks coach Charlie Patterson hasn’t lost hope. He knows anything can happen when teenagers square off for 48 minutes on the...

Battling breast cancer

It is common knowledge to Americans that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It has become seemingly second nature to line towns with pink ribbons and to sign up for a “Race for the Cure” event once Oct. 1 hits. The support that breast cancer receives across the country during the month of...

Daniel Island Pumpkin Walk to offer ghoulish good time!

Jack o’ lanterns, luminaries, and s’mores…oh my! It’s that ghoulish time of year when Daniel Island’s Smythe Park is transformed into a magical, bewitching fall festival of fun. And organizers of the annual Daniel Island Pumpkin Walk say this year will once again not disappoint. Prepare to carve...

DI News History - October 12, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO – Plans for a DI dog park continue The October 11, 2007 issue of The Daniel Island News featured an article about Park Day. What began in 2001 as a way to showcase the many elements of the Daniel Island community – picturesque parks, charming neighborhoods and the island’s old-...

In 2007, 4-year-old Collin Rudolph took a break from playing to pose for a photo from atop the play house his family won the year before at Park Day.

Ten and five years ago in The Daniel Island news

TEN YEARS AGO - Excitement builds over Park Day play houses! The October 4, 2007 issue of The Daniel Island News featured an article about Park Day on Daniel Island. At the time, hundreds of children and their families hoped to be among the lucky ones to win one of four new play homes that were...

Captain Greg Peralta and friends pose with their catches on a recent social shrimping trip!

Next few weeks could offer best fishing of the year

Shrimping season in the Lowcountry got off to a slow start. Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria made for a rough September. However, my friend Julian Levin and I were determined to end the month on a high (shrimping) note. We launched late in the afternoon on Thursday and ran out to Crab Bank. The...

SC researchers receive funding from Susan G. Komen organization

The Lowcountry Race for the Cure on Daniel Island is making a difference when it comes to treating breast cancer locally, regionally and statewide. The leading breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen, a beneficiary of the event, recently announced research funding of $30.7 million for 98 research...

Lessons in the garden

The Daniel Island School and Community Garden (DISCG) has grown like a weed over the past two years! What started out as a temporary project for the Daniel Island Community Garden Club - answering a call to save an abandoned school garden – quickly turned into a joint program, comprised of a...

Buddy Walk returns to Daniel Island Oct. 1

Approximately 6000 babies are born in the United States each year with Down syndrome, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently more than 400,000 people are living with Down syndrome in the U.S. Thirteen year-old Daniel Island resident Joe Durante is one of them. To...

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

Below are upcoming meeting dates for 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 entities, visit dineighborhoodassociation.org (click on Land Use and Zoning Activity). All of the meetings are...