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September 13

2021: With COVID-19 near its peak in Beaufort County, County Administrator Eric Greenway enacts a mask requirement for all Beaufort County buildings.

2021: Local musician Leavin “Jack” Jackson is killed in a single-vehicle accident on Trask Parkway, near Fiddlerville Cove Road.

September 14

2021: Helen Pappas Spalding is removed from the City of Beaufort’s Election Commission after a unanimous 5-0 vote by the City Council. Spalding’s spot on the commission comes into question after her involvement in organizing the Audit the SC 2020 Vote Rally held August 30, 2021 at Olde Beaufort Golf Club.

September 15

1978: Beaufort native Joe Frazier sings the national anthem before the rematch between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks. 

2023: Stephen Murray resigns as Mayor of Beaufort. City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFee becomes acting Mayor of Beaufort.

— Compiled by Mike McCombs

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