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Postively Parenting: February question

Welcome to the second edition of our new 2017 series – Positively Parenting. Once a month, we pose a question submitted by one of our readers to a local parenting expert. For this issue’s question, we focus on digital consumption - a topic that we are currently exploring in a Daniel Island News...

Kris Manning is February Honeycomb Artist

Daniel Island resident Kris Manning is a busy woman. She’s a dedicated mother to two teenage boys in a household where the whole family sits down to dinner every night to share how they helped make the world just a tiny bit better that day through random acts of kindness. A passionate drummer,...

DI News History - February 2, 2017

TEN YEARS AGO - YOUTH BASKETBALL PREMIERS AT DIS In the February 1, 2007 edition of the paper we featured the growing recreational basketball program on the island. Ten years ago there were about 80 island youth ranging in age from 5-12 competing in the City of Charleston Recreation basketball...

Digital Consumption: Why can't we 'Just Say No?'

Everybody’s doing it. Whether we are at work, in school or at home, most of us use it every day. And if we're not on it, our children are. The use of smartphones has sent technology seeping into so many facets of our daily lives in the last decade. But at what cost? How often do we see couples out...

A moment with our Mayor

A record crowd of more than four hundred sat patiently in the ballroom at the Daniel Island Club for the latest installment of the Daniel Island Speakers Series on January 25, when all of a sudden the ballroom piano sprang to life with sound. At first, few noticed the man behind the keys was none...

Daniel Island Kindness Project launched

A little kindness goes a long way. And Daniel Island resident Alicia Reynolds is confident others in the community will agree. Two weeks ago, after reading posts on Facebook about individuals and families in the Daniel Island community who are struggling through various difficulties, such as...

Answering the call

The Berkeley County Government’s 911 call center is understaffed, operating below state standards, and has been for 12 consecutive years. That was the report of Berkeley County 911 director Sam Gaither to Berkeley County Council at the body’s January 23 meeting, where Gaither requested funding for...

Catching fish post cold front can be tricky

Late winter and early spring can be challenging times to fish. On a weekly basis, the passage of a strong cold front impacts the fishing. Catching fish post cold front can be tough. However, anglers that adjust to the conditions will usually catch fish. Sunday morning dawned with clear blue skies...

Training tech 'wizards' at the DI library

The wizard on the screen asks Danielle to type in the name of her favorite pizza. If she answers “pepperoni,” the wizard says “That’s my favorite.” If she types “meatball,” the wizard replies “That’s my second favorite.” If she says “mushroom,” the wizard says “Yuk!” Danielle has just constructed a...

DI Safety Patrol needs volunteers to avoid shutdown

Without a surge of new volunteers, organizers of the Daniel Island Safety Patrol say they will have to put the brakes on the eight month-old program. The effort was first launched by the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association (DINA) in May of 2016, in response to increasing concerns about traffic...