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Meet Daniel Island's nuttiest neighbors - the fox squirrels!

“What is the deal with these squirrels?” a guest recently asked, studying something from our dining room window. A glance over her shoulder explained the question. Fifteen feet away, an adult fox squirrel lay on an oak limb, assessing whether the activity on the other side of the window panes was...

Award-winning 305 Seven Farms Apartments Hits 10 Year Milestone

December 7, 2006, marked the arrival of clustered affordable housing on Daniel Island. The complex known as 305 Seven Farms Apartments, a development of the Humanities Foundation and the winner of the 2010 Development of the Year Award from the South Carolina Housing Finance and Development...

DI girls invited to free 'Junior Girls Day Out' program

Attention Daniel Island girls, aged 7 to 14! A special event geared towards helping you explore your future career goals and awaken your entrepreneurial talents is coming to Daniel Island on Tuesday, May 2. Want to learn how to be a fashion designer at WHITE’s bridal salon? Or what it takes to be...

DI News History - April 20, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO - THEN SUPERVISOR DAN DAVIS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON HIS FIRST 100 DAYS In the April 19, 2007 edition, our top news story featured the newly elected Berkeley County Supervisor at the time, Dan Davis, who explained that his first 100 days in office were a learning process and that he didn...

Dogs of Daniel Island

The Daniel Island Property Owners Association is pleased to announce the March winner of the “Dogs of Daniel Island” photo contest. Renegade, a bright-eyed Australian Shepherd, was the finalist who received the most votes on the My Island Town Facebook page. He’ll receive a $25 gift card to Lucia’s...

Public service reps brief DINA members on various projects

What’s fueling a recent uptick in crime on Daniel Island? Could a lighting strike pose a greater fire risk to your home based on the type of natural gas piping on your property? What’s in store for 911 dispatch services in Berkeley County? How does the county plan to handle recycling needs in the...

City of Charleston to consider creation of new public safety department

Should police and fire services in the City of Charleston be combined in a new public safety department? Mayor John J. Tecklenburg recently asked members of the Public Safety Committee of Charleston City Council to study the feasibility of the idea. Tecklenburg believes the new department could...

Boat that departed from DI involved in collision on the Cooper River

Just after midnight on April 9, the Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch Center received a 911 call for a reported boating collision with people in the water on the Cooper River near the Ravenel Bridge. Marine, land and air units from the Charleston Fire Department (CFD), North Charleston Fire...

City grants DI tree removal requests by developers

Sixteen grand trees will be coming down on Daniel Island to make way for new development projects - but close to 350 trees are being protected and preserved in the process. The City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals - Site Design (BZA-SD) took up the tree removal requests from developers at...

Island builder to be featured on national television show

It’s been a busier week than usual for one of Daniel Island’s busiest businesses. SHELTER Custom Built Living was selected as the first custom home builder in South Carolina to be featured on the “Today’s Builder” national television show. Filming took place last week at several locations across...