‘Oh, Canada’
The gloominess underscores the question that takes me aback every time I think about it, and that is, “Why are we fighting Canada?”
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The gloominess underscores the question that takes me aback every time I think about it, and that is, “Why are we fighting Canada?”
Check out the tape. You’ll conclude, as I have, that the Beaufort County Council voted against themselves on this one.
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I am an avid outdoorsman, blessed to live in Beaufort — just a stone’s throw from the ACE Basin’s historic rivers and rice fields teeming with waterfowl and wading birds. However, I am concerned about recent actions by Colleton County Council that place priceless resources in jeopardy.
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For more than 50 years, Beth Grace was one of Beaufort’s most steadfast guardians. Her decades of service to Historic Beaufort Foundation not only championed and preserved our architectural treasures but also safeguarded the stories, traditions, and sense of place that make Beaufort unlike anywhere else.
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My mama always said if you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all. Apparently Carol Lucas never heard this proverb despite saying that she was of the generation that “stands pretty staunchly behind the notion that one does not speak ill of the dead.”
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I don’t think it is an understatement to suggest that when Gov. McMaster put forth Darline Graham’s name to fulfill the remainder of her late brother’s term in the U.S. Senate, it was intended to be a nod to the memory of Lindsey Graham.
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I am hoping I live long enough to vote in an election in which I don’t have to gauge the lesser of two evils.
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My diverse professional journey across higher education, philanthropy, public policy, corporate America, and nonprofits allows me to lead this 164-year-old institution and its diverse stakeholders at the local, regional, and national levels. I proudly follow in the footsteps of Laura Matilda Towne, Ellen Murray, Charlotte Forten, Grace Bigelow House, Rossa Belle Cooley, and Courtney Siceloff, outsiders who proved that it wasn’t necessary to be Gullah leaders to serve the St. Helena Island community faithfully. But I remain open to critical feedback that decreases the fog of leadership.
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And so, finally, we come back to the White Lion and the Mayflower, their cargo, the carnage that followed, asking ourselves if the pathogen brought ashore in Jamestown is truly vanquished?
Graber: Is the pathogen brought ashore in Jamestown truly vanquished? Read More »