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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Board of Elections offers advice to absentee voters: Avoid use of third party sites
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Beaufort woman missing
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
DTF arrests 5 suspects in Ridgeland on drug charges
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Foreign currency found at HHI middle school
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
School District issues public statement regarding Eleonore Bednarsh
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Photo of the day: Labor Day at the Sandbar
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
September 8: Town of Port Royal Council meeting, agenda here
Monday, September 6, 2010
Photo of the day: Flipper surfaces
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Monday, September 6, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking: Mad about mushrooms
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Monday, September 6, 2010
September 7: City of Beaufort work-session, agenda here
Monday, September 6, 2010
September 7: School Board meeting, agenda here
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Sunday, September 5, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Two swimmers drown at Hunting Island
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Saturday, September 4, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Creatures of the Night featured on Coastal Kingdom
Friday, September 3, 2010
Bluffton Oyster Factory Landing to close temporarily
Friday, September 3, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Letter to editor: F-35Bs will be more than twice as loud
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Fire service dispute ends with contract among Beaufort, Port Royal and Burton Fire District
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Hampton County Sheriff’s Office participating in Hands Across The Border
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Beaufort Police Department promotes Darrell A. Gruel
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Veteran firefighter, teacher named Beaufort Fire Department’s new Training and Education Officer
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
September 2: City of Beaufort Redevelopment Commission meeting, agenda here
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Local Republicans to open 2010 election campaign headquarters
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
September 1: Town of Port Royal Special Council meeting/workshop, agenda here
Monday, August 30, 2010
Beaufort Academy starts fresh year Monday building on success, new trimester schedule
Monday, August 30, 2010
County Planner achieves accreditation by Congress for New Urbanism
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking: Farm Stand Peach Freezer Jam
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Monday, August 30, 2010
August 31: Beaufort City Council work session, agenda here
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Traffic Advisory: Overnight Flagging on McTeer Bridge through September
Friday, August 27, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
LEN Conducts DUI Safety Checkpoints in Hampton, Allendale Counties
Thursday, August 26, 2010
New Generations Home Care Services answers important questions
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, August 26, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
August 27: Traffic Safety Checkpoint
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Roy Flannagan rebuts former Chief Jeff Dowling
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tribune travel gallery: Trip to Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Former Beaufort police chief challenges downtown crime concerns
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Does Billy K’s re-branding of USCB make sense?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Mayor Keyserling throws weight behind USCB name change
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, September 9, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Thursday, September 9, 2010
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Board of Elections offers advice to absentee voters: Avoid use of third party sites
Board of Elections offers advice to absentee voters
Avoid use of third party sites
When applying for absentee ballots, voters are advised to avoid third party web sites, such as scabsentee.com, which generate form letters on their behalf for transmission to county election commissions. [ read article ... ]
Beaufort woman missing
Damita Smith, a 34-year-old African American woman was reported missing on Sunday, September 5 by her boyfriend, according to a press release. [ read article ... ]
DTF arrests 5 suspects in Ridgeland on drug charges
DTF arrests 5 suspects in Ridgeland on drug charges
According to a press release, on Saturday, September 4 at approximately 5:00 a.m., members of the Beaufort/Jasper Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a residence located at 768 Captain Bill Road in Ridgeland and arrested five subjects on drug charges. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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Foreign currency found at HHI middle school
Foreign currency found at HHI middle school
According to a Sheriff’s Department press release, on August 29 at 2:00 p.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Hilton Head Middle School in reference to a student who was in possession of foreign currency that did not belong to the student. [ read article ... ]
School District issues public statement regarding Eleonore Bednarsh
School District issues public statement regarding Eleonore Bednarsh
The Beaufort County School District issued a press release on September 3, 2010 regarding Eleonore Bednarsh, the former Director of Riverview Charter School and the lawsuit she filed in March 2010. The press release issued follows. [ read article ... ]
Photo of the day: Labor Day at the Sandbar
Photo of the day
Photo by Jack Howison
Sunrise over our sea islands, Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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September 8: Town of Port Royal Council meeting, agenda here
September 8
Town of Port Royal Council meeting, agenda here [ read article ... ]
Photo of the day: Flipper surfaces
Photo of the day
Photo by Jack Howison
Sunrise over our sea islands, Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Monday, September 6, 2010
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Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking: Mad about mushrooms
Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking
Painting is by Peter Rolfe and the title is “Port Republic Street” in downtown Beaufort.
September 7: City of Beaufort work-session, agenda here
September 7
City of Beaufort work-session, agenda here [ read article ... ]
September 7: School Board meeting, agenda here
September 7
School Board meeting, agenda here [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Two swimmers drown at Hunting Island
Two swimmers drown at Hunting Island
Rescue personnel have reported to The Beaufort Tribune that two people drowned at Hunting Island State Park on Saturday, September 4. Rescuers recovered one body, but the other has not been found. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Saturday, September 4, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Creatures of the Night featured on Coastal Kingdom
Creatures of the Night featured on Coastal Kingdom
The County Channel will broadcast Creatures of the Night, the fourth episode in its award winning series, Coastal Kingdom, on Wednesday, September 8 at 8:00 p.m. [ read article ... ]
Bluffton Oyster Factory Landing to close temporarily
Bluffton Oyster Factory Landing to close temporarily
Beaufort County and the Town of Bluffton have scheduled a temporary closure of the Bluffton Oyster Factory Boat Landing beginning September 7 while improvements are made at the facility. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Friday, September 3, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Friday, September 3, 2010
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Letter to editor: F-35Bs will be more than twice as loud
Letter to editor
F-35Bs will be more than twice as loud
In the May 2010 draft EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) for the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, the key and crucial noise data for the F-35B was omitted in the 487 pages, substituting instead data assumptions based on the lighter, quieter Air Force F-35A: The Navy wanted the public to comment on the alternative proposals without this major environmental component. [ read article ... ]
Fire service dispute ends with contract among Beaufort, Port Royal and Burton Fire District
Fire service dispute ends with contract among Beaufort, Port Royal and Burton Fire District
L-R – Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree, Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling, Port Royal Mayor Samuel Murray, Burton Fire Commission Chairman Gary Bright, Beaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron
It’s all about putting out fires quickly, safely and efficiently, or preventing them in the first place.
According to a press release, the recently-approved contract for fire services among Beaufort, Port Royal and the Burton Fire District assures continued fire protection in annexed areas of Beaufort and Port Royal. The difference is, what used to be a loosely-understood “agreement” is now a written contract. [ read article ... ]
Hampton County Sheriff’s Office participating in Hands Across The Border
Hampton County Sheriff’s Office participating in Hands Across The Border
The Hampton County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the Hands Across The Border DUI Enforcement Campaign tonight and throughout the holiday weekend. The agency is a part of the 14th Judicial Circuit Law Enforcement Network. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Beaufort Police Department promotes Darrell A. Gruel
Beaufort Police Department promotes Darrell A. Gruel
Darrell A. Gruel has been promoted to the position of Lieutenant over Investigations and Administration for the Beaufort Police Department, according to a press release. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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Veteran firefighter, teacher named Beaufort Fire Department’s new Training and Education Officer
Veteran firefighter, teacher named Beaufort Fire Department’s Training and Education Officer
Lt. John Robinson, a 10-year veteran of the Beaufort Fire Department and a U.S. Navy Master Training Specialist, is the Beaufort Fire Department’s new training education officer, according to a press release. [ read article ... ]
September 2: City of Beaufort Redevelopment Commission meeting, agenda here
September 2
City of Beaufort Redevelopment Commission meeting, agenda here [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Local Republicans to open 2010 election campaign headquarters
September 7
Local Republicans to open 2010 election campaign headquarters
The Beaufort County Republican Party will hold a grand opening of its 2010 general election campaign headquarters in Beaufort on next Tuesday, September 7. The public is invited. [ read article ... ]
September 1: Town of Port Royal Special Council meeting/workshop, agenda here
September 1
Town of Port Royal Special Council meeting/workshop, agenda here [ read article ... ]
Beaufort Academy starts fresh year Monday building on success, new trimester schedule
Beaufort Academy starts fresh year Monday building on success, new trimester schedule
With new students, new staff, a new trimester schedule and a new school year, there was a special buzz at Beaufort Academy for Monday’s first day, according to a press release. [ read article ... ]
County Planner achieves accreditation by Congress for New Urbanism
County Planner achieves accreditation by Congress for New Urbanism
Brian Herrmann, Beaufort County Community Planner and Designer, has achieved accreditation by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), a national leader in the principals of smart growth, according to a Beaufort County press release. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Monday, August 30, 2010
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Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking: Farm Stand Peach Freezer Jam
Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking
This painting, “Path to the Beach”, is by Charleston artist John Carroll Doyle.
August 31: Beaufort City Council work session, agenda here
August 31
Beaufort City Council work session, agenda here [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Traffic Advisory: Overnight Flagging on McTeer Bridge through September
Traffic Advisory
Overnight Flagging on McTeer Bridge through September
United Contractors and Misener Marine will pour concrete for the foundation of the new McTeer Bridge span from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. through the month of September. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Friday, August 27, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Friday, August 27, 2010
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LEN Conducts DUI Safety Checkpoints in Hampton, Allendale Counties
LEN Conducts DUI Safety Checkpoints in Hampton, Allendale Counties
The 14th Judicial Circuit Law Enforcement Network held DUI Safety Checkpoints on Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14, in Hampton and Allendale Counties. [ read article ... ]
New Generations Home Care Services answers important questions
New Generations Home Care Services answers important questions
You may question if you or a loved one needs home care services. New Generations Home Care, Inc. recognizes that this can be a difficult, and sometimes painful and frightening, decision. Inherent in this decision is the fear of loss of autonomy, or independence. However, home care more often than not proves to be a strong factor in improving, or at least maintaining, one’s level of independence. [ read article ... ]
Sunrise over our sea islands, Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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August 27: Traffic Safety Checkpoint
August 27
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Team will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, August 27, 2010 from 10:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. in Beaufort. [ read article ... ]
Letter to editor: Roy Flannagan rebuts former Chief Jeff Dowling
Letter to editor
Roy Flannagan rebuts former Chief Jeff Dowling
Since my testimony has been impeached by former Chief Dowling, I need to defend my reporting. [ read article ... ]
Tribune travel gallery: Trip to Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Tribune travel gallery
Trip to Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sunrise over our sea islands, Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Sunrise over our sea islands
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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Letter to editor: Former Beaufort police chief challenges downtown crime concerns
Letter to editor
Former Beaufort chief challenges downtown crime concerns
I take issue with comments such as Roy Flannagan’s concerning the police being in “collusion” with drug dealers. To make a statement such as this without coming forward to report the officers that he thinks are in “collusion” indicates a fabricated story. [ read article ... ]
Letter to editor: Does Billy K’s re-branding of USCB make sense?
Letter to editor
Does Billy K’s USCB re-branding make sense?
The mayor of Beaufort seemingly dropped a bombshell when he suggested that The University of South Carolina eliminate “Beaufort” from its designation of the two campuses in Beaufort County. Since he asked for input and feedback here goes: [ read article ... ]
Mayor Keyserling throws weight behind USCB name change
“Should be changed to reflect something much bigger”
Keyserling throws weight behind USCB name change
Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling announced yesterday, August 24, his support to change the name of University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) “to reflect something much bigger”. [ read article ... ]
