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Daniel Island Library Lowdown for January

What’s happening at the Daniel Island Library? JANUARY 2017 The following activities will take place this month at the Berkeley County Library on Daniel Island, located at 2301 Daniel Island Drive. For additional information, call (843) 471-2952 or visit http://berkeleylibrarysc.org/locations-and-...

Mayoral Musings on Daniel Island's 20th Anniversary

About 15 years into his tenure as Charleston’s longest serving mayor, and well before helping to make the Holy City the world’s number one place to visit, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., had a vision for a 4,000 acre swath of land nestled between the Cooper and Wando Rivers. The year was 1990 and Daniel...

Police Blotter - January 5, 2017

The following incidents were reported to Team 5 of the City of Charleston Police Department between November 23 and December 20, 2016. THEFTS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES Four vehicles on Daniel Island were entered over the last several weeks by a suspect or suspects on the hunt to steal contents, according...

The First Hooks of 2017!

On the first day of each year, my son, Elliott, my brother, David, and I fish together. I am not sure when the tradition started but it was many years ago. Regardless of weather conditions, we always go. This year, a light rain and a cool breeze made fishing a bit of a challenge. However, we were...

School News - January 5, 2017

Philip Simmons High adds assistant principal of athletics Brion Packett, II was named the Assistant Principal for Athletics at Philip Simmons High School located in Wando, South Carolina. The Berkeley County School Board approved the appointment at their meeting on Tuesday, December 13. Packett...

Humorist Dalton Williams Predicts Top News Stories of 2017!

Editor’s Note: Continuing an annual ritual, regular Daniel Island News viewpoint contributor Dalton Williams reveals not the top news of the year now ending – too easy – but the top stories of the year to come. Lest you think this is fluff, a year ago Dalton correctly predicted the Cubs to win the...

Farr Street Redux

The controversial project to connect the north and south portions of Farr Street, subdivide a property there and construct a new senior living apartment facility boiled to a head last Wednesday at a special meeting called for by the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association (DINA) to address concerns...

DI History - December 29, 2016

TEN YEARS AGO - NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS In the December 28, 2006 issue of the Daniel Island News, we reported ways people set goals for the new year. Other than exercising more and getting fit, some of the other resolutions that topped the list for many people were spending more time with family...

Former BCSD superintendent pleads guilty to charges

Former Berkeley County School District Superintendent Rodney Thompson has admitted guilt in violating state ethics laws related to the 2012 Yes 4 Schools campaign. According to Hayley Thrift Bledsoe, communications officer for the State Attorney General’s Office, Thompson plead guilty on December...

First subdivision plan approved for Cainhoy Plantation development

The first subdivision concept plan for the 9,000 acre Cainhoy Plantation residential development has been approved by the City of Charleston Planning Commission – paving the way for construction on the community’s first new homes to begin in 2017. Referred to as “Cainhoy South Residential,” the...