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PSES third grader Kiera Clarke pens her first book 'Seanna and the Magic Moon'

It is a tale set in a world where dreams take flight and imagination reigns supreme. A place where a one-eyed pirate shark, leaping monkeys, sand vultures, and a fire-breathing dragon battle with an adventuresome heroine and her animal friends to rescue a prince from a “frightfully scary” hidden...

DI Families: Meet the Garners

This week, we managed to catch up with one of Daniel Island’s super-busy families, the Garners of Codner’s Ferry. Mom, Cynthia, is a dentist and owner of Garner Family Dentistry in Mt. Pleasant. Dad, Alan, is a Senior Program Manager-PMP at SRA International. Daughters Georgia, a junior, and...

Surviving and thriving after breast cancer

The Beginning: On September 11, 2009, I woke to the crazy routine of any young mother. I threw on clothes from the clean laundry basket, downed a latte and dropped off my kindergartener at school with my seven month old baby in tow. As I walked in the door to change a diaper, I suddenly remembered...

Daniel Island is largely spared Hurricane Matthew's wrath

As predicted, Hurricane Matthew descended on the South Carolina coast last Friday and Saturday with powerful winds, soaking rains and dangerous storm surges. But thankfully, most of Daniel Island suffered only minor damage from the hurricane’s assault on the state. By the time the worst was over on...

Daniel Island breast cancer survivor Bonnie Hancock eager to give back

If Daniel Island resident Bonnie Hancock was worried about the impending arrival of Hurricane Matthew last week, she certainly didn’t show it. Sitting comfortably on her back porch, the spunky former middle school teacher appeared calm and confident. Thirteen years ago, she weathered a different...

DI Families: Meet Danielle and Gabriella

This week, we caught up with Daniel Island mom, Danielle Yonker, a Systems Analyst at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), and her daughter, Gabriella, a 4th grader at the Daniel Island School. Despite the chaos of Hurricane Matthew churning up the southeast coast, Danielle and...

Firearm safety program planned for Daniel Island

Leaders from across the City, the region, and even the state will be descending upon Daniel Island’s Providence Baptist Church on Thursday, October 20 at 7 p.m. for a panel discussion on gun safety, accident prevention and our youth. The program, tentatively titled “Keeping our Kids Safe: Our...

Making DI Delicious: Island Chef Insider

In the three years that have passed since The Islander first opened its doors to Daniel Island in 2013, much has changed. On the island, in the community, and at the restaurant itself, says executive head chef John Whisenant, change has been an ever-present part of life. And that’s something...

October Honeycomb artist raises awareness with paintings

Art is a form of communication - a way of relaying a message or documenting history. Some art pieces are created just to communicate beauty, while others have deeper meanings reflecting realities that people sometimes refuse to see. While Jerri Pogue, the Honeycomb October Artist, is not opposed to...

Charleston Young Artists Guild established on Daniel Island

*October’s meeting postponed due to Hurricane Matthew - First meeting will be held Nov. 4