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Family evacuated after propane leak
Just after 1 p.m., on Sunday, March 22, Burton firefighters responded to a report of a strong smell of propane in a home on Poppy Hill Circle in the Grays Hill community of Beaufort County, according to a media release.
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Driver charged with felony DUI in Lady’s Island crash that killed passenger
A woman has been charged with felony driving under the influence in connection with a crash last week on Lady’s Island that killed a Beaufort mother of two.
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Body found behind Beaufort convenience store
An employee taking out the trash early Tuesday evening at the Ribaut One Stop in Beaufort found a body in the dumpster behind the business.
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Beaufort History Museum hosting ‘A Night at the Museum’
Step into the historic Beaufort Arsenal courtyard on Craven Street and be transformed back in time when the Beaufort History Museum hosts its auction and gala — “A Night at the Museum” – at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 19. This will be an exquisite evening filled with nostalgia and history.
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City of Beaufort PIO Ashley Brandon resigns
Ashley Brandon, the City of Beaufort’s Public Information Officer, has resigned her post, City Manager Scott Marshall announced during the March 10 regular City Council meeting.
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City Council advances amended short-term rental ordinance on 1st reading
The Beaufort City Council moved forward on March 10 with a revised short-term rental ordinance, approving the measure on first reading with several amendments after a lengthy and at times pointed debate over neighborhood equity, investor rights, and how best to rein in the clustering of vacation rentals in the city’s historic districts.
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Beaufort noise ordinance advances – with a field trip to Hemingway’s as evidence
Before deciding how lively downtown Beaufort can be, the city’s leaders have spent months deciding how loud it can be.
That question moved a step closer to an answer at the March 10 City Council regular meeting, but not without some real-time wordsmithing, and not before one councilman took his own decibel meter downtown for homework.
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City Council passes expanded plastics ban on first reading
The City of Beaufort’s City Council voted March 10 to pass amendments to the city’s single-use plastics ordinance on a first reading, making Beaufort the first municipality in Beaufort County to advance the measures.
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