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Beaufort Housing Authority names Davis new Executive Director
The Beaufort Housing Authority (BHA) Board of Commissioners announce May 7 the appointment of Julie Davis as its new Executive Director, effective immediately. Davis will lead the agency, which serves the needs of more than 2,000 individuals residing in approximately 980 quality, affordable homes throughout Beaufort County. “We are extremely...
Fatal accident on Sunday night resulted in one death and an arrest
A four-month-old infant was killed and the driver arrested at the scene after a single-vehicle crash on Bluffton Parkway Sunday May 12. Gregorio Hernandez-Castillo, the driver, was charged with a felony DUI involving death as well as other charges in relation to the crash. South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper...
Polaris Tech Charter School elects new board members
Polaris Tech Charter School in Ridgeland held an election April 23-25 which allowed staff and enrolled families to vote for its board of directors. Polaris Tech is a state-approved, tuition-free charter school serving kindergarten through high school students from Jasper, Beaufort, Hampton and Colleton counties. The school is located on Grays Highway, directly across from the Ridgeland Claude Dean Airport.
Hunting Island State Park has first turtle nests of season
The Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Project found their first two nests of the season on Monday, May, 13. In addition to the two successful nests, there have been two false crawls, which is when a turtle starts to crawl onto the beach, but something spooks it and causes it to return to the water without laying eggs.
Three-story building proposed for downtown Beaufort
Designs for a two- and three-storied, almost 18,000-square-foot building to be built in downtown Beaufort went before the Historic District Review Board during their latest meeting. During the May 8 meeting, plans were submitted for the Green’s Drugstore, LLC Infill Project, an infill project that would be built at 101...
City of Beaufort wins two statewide public relations awards
The City of Beaufort was honored May 9 by the South Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in two categories in the chapter’s annual Mercury Awards. The awards honor outstanding public relations campaigns or tactics conducted by South Carolina organizations (corporations, nonprofits, governments, educational institutions, and public relations agencies) during 2023.
Veteran of the Week – William Brown
Beaufort’s William Brown, 70, a 1970 graduate of Beaufort High School, joined the United States Army in New York City in 1972. After Basic Training at Fort Dix, N.J., he trained at Fort Jackson as a Quartermaster, becoming a supply specialist. His first duty station was at Fort Hood, Texas, followed by three years at Karlsruhe, Germany. Returning to the states, he was posted to Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas, for four years, then to Baumholder, Germany supporting units stationed there. He returned to serve at Fort Benning, Ga., before a return assignment in Germany, his time at Wurzburg. Back to the states, he was stationed for a tour at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C., before his final assignment at Fort Bliss, Texas, from which he retired in 1995 as a Master Sergeant with more than 22 years of continuous service. Today he serves with American Legion Beaufort Post 207.
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