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Voices
Opinion pieces, commentary, editorials, and columns that reflect community perspectives from Beaufort’s writers, thought leaders, and residents. This category provides a platform for voices shaping local discussion on issues, values, culture, civic life, and public debate in Beaufort and the broader Lowcountry.
Commentary: Preserving Beaufort’s soul — Beth Grace’s enduring legacy
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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Letters to the Editor: Remembering Sen. Graham
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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Lucas: Run, Darline, run
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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Mathews: Nothing new under the sun
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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Adams: Leading in community — A personal reflection
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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Graber: Is the pathogen brought ashore in Jamestown truly vanquished?
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?
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Houck: Before the boats are gone: A love letter to the Lowcountry
To everyone who makes a living here, eats here, visits here, and cares about what makes the Lowcountry worth protecting, …
There are some issues you can talk about from the sidelines. This isn’t one of them for me.
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LOWCOUNTRY LOWDOWN: Progress or not? Former Gazette home makes news
Beaufort City Council’s meeting last week (Aug. 18) provided a perfect scenario of the complex dilemma elected officials have to tackle in terms of community growth versus preservation of a certain quality of life.
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Letters to the editor: What we can do
If the Chinese and Mexicans were shooting missiles into the United States and killing 38,000 Americans every year, what would the response be?
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