*As of press time, Tuesday, March 24
City, County and Federal Offices/ Departments
The following are closed through March 31:
Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department
Beaufort County Animal Shelter
Beaufort County Assessor’s Office
Beaufort County Auditor
Beaufort County Business License Department
Beaufort County Detention Center (all visitations are suspended until further notice)
Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs Department (all non-essential programming)
Beaufort County Parks and Recreation (all facilities and pools)
Beaufort County Probate Court (closed to in-person access, except for filing of documents, making payments or emergency hearings not held by video or telephone conference)
Beaufort County Public Libraries
Beaufort County Records Management
Beaufort County Register of Deeds and Public Deed Room
Beaufort County Treasurer’s Office
Beaufort County Veterans Affairs Office
Beaufort Magistrate Court
Beaufort Municipal Court (cases canceled through March 26)
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Visitor Center
14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office (operating virtually)
Public Meetings
The following have been canceled unless otherwise noted by reschedule date:
Beaufort County Council Meetings will continue but residents are encouraged to watch online or via The County Channel
Beaufort County Design Review Board April 2 meeting
Beaufort County District Meetings for Council Members Chris Hervochon and York Glover (postponed/ TBA)
Beaufort County’s Historic Preservation Review Board, Airports Board and Southern Beaufort County Corridor Beautification Board
Beaufort County Open Land Trust Annual Meeting (postponed/TBA)
Beaufort County School Board (all March meetings)
Cat Island Community Meeting (postponed/ TBA)
City of Beaufort (all public meetings except council meetings are canceled; live city council meetings can be viewed on the city’s Facebook page)
City parks (closed to public events and programming; parks will be open for passive recreation, such as walking or jogging)
Mossy Oaks Task Force Meeting
Schools and Universities
The following are closed through March 31:
Beaufort County School District – all schools
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools at Laurel Bay
Lowcountry Montessori School
St. Peter’s Catholic School
Technical College of the Lowcountry
University of South Carolina Beaufort classes will transition to online instruction starting March 23 and will run through April 5; residence halls closed through April 5
Community Events and Performances
The following have been canceled unless otherwise noted by reschedule date:
AMIKids Croquet Picnic Fundraiser at Brays Island
Beaufort Twilight Run
Coastal Stage Productions’ “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” at AmVets
Coastal Stage Productions’ “Always A Bridesmaid” at AmVets (rescheduled for May 22-24)
Family Promise of Beaufort’s “A Night of Promise” (rescheduled for Oct. 29)
Great Helicopter Egg Drop at Beaufort Academy
Soft Shell Crab Festival
Taste of Beaufort
USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts (all events, author luncheons, Monday movie nights, Met Opera live in HD, Women’s Wellness Weekend, rehearsals, auditions and performances through April 5 are cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible)
Museums
Beaufort History Museum and Visitors Center at The Arsenal
John Mark Verdier House Museum
Sporting Events/ Outdoor Recreation
Adaptive Golf March Monthly Clinic
Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball games
First Tee of the Lowcountry (all lessons canceled until further notice)
High school sporting events (spring sports canceled)
Hunting Island Lighthouse Tours (canceled through March 31)
Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic in Columbia
PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing
SCDNR Youth Fishing Tournament (Postponed/TBA)
USC Beaufort spring sports
Community Meetings/ Other Miscellaneous Events
The following have been canceled unless otherwise noted by reschedule date:
Beaufort County Democratic Party Convention
Beaufort Digital Corridor (all events until further notice)
Democratic Club-South of the Broad regularly scheduled meetings and precinct organizing meeting (conference call to be held at 10 a.m. on March 21)
Fripp Island Audubon Club (all meetings canceled until further notice)
Greater Bluffton Republican Club’s Republican of the Year Dinner (Reschedule date TBA)
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