George Greenfield sits comfortably in his Lady’s Island home overlooking a pond where blue herons visit daily as he thinks back to the warm day of Aug. 26, 1972. He was one of the 400 U.S. athletes marching into the Olympiastadion in Munich for opening ceremonies of that summer’s Olympics.
If you watched this hearing with any level of objectivity, you have to admit that the attorney general of the United States came to this event with one objective, and that was to defend the president, regardless of whom she might offend.
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A group of students from the local elementary school appeared and thanked Dorothy for her lesson on duplicity. As a reward, they presented her with a pair of magic slippers made in class, slippers that, when their heels were clicked together in a joyful leap, could grant a wish.
So Dorothy leaped joyfully, clicked, wished, and she and Toto were back in Kansas.
It was a close call Read More »
I still have my morning coffee, a small tub of Chobani (Vanilla) Yogurt and I’m contented — contented because my laptop has delivered the various arguments of Richard Harpootlian, Jim Griffin and Creighton Waters as to whether Alexander Murdaugh got a fair trial consistent with the 6th Amendment.
It wasn’t perfect but was it fair? Read More »
The Carolina Bight is the area that includes the Calibogue Sound, the Port Royal Sound, and the Beaufort, Chechessee, Colleton, May, Pocataligo, Tulifiny and Whale Branch rivers. The ecosystem is unique in ways we are only now coming to understand.
We live in the Carolina Bight – What is it? Why does it matter? Read More »
The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club held its annual membership drive buffet luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, in the Carolina Room at the Dataw Island Club.
Beaufort Republican Women’s Club Membership Drive Luncheon Read More »
Certified financial planner Whitney McDaniel is the 2025 recipient of the Rotary Bowl, the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s highest honor. It was presented by Rotary Club of Beaufort President Ron Garrett at the club’s Wednesday, Feb. 11, luncheon meeting.
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An offer made Monday, Feb. 9, during the Waterfront Advisory Committee meeting could lead to a quicker and more visually appealing replacement for the chain-link fencing now blocking the promenade at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.
Stewart offers City alternative to chain-link fence at Waterfront Park Read More »
After weeks of public criticism, legal questions and visible hesitation from the dais, Beaufort City Council voted Tuesday night to formalize how comments will be moderated on the city’s official social media pages — approving the policy only after removing disputed language and adding a path for residents to appeal.
City Council adopts social media comment policy Read More »
The bill to shelter millions of dollars in contracts between schools and athletes now pending in the South Carolina Senate is a betrayal.
Bill to hide from public scrutiny payments from schools to athletes is a betrayal Read More »
