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July 7

2020: After being deluged with 8 inches of rain during the day, Hunting Island State Park closes. The park received 12.75 inches of rain over two days. It would be more than two weeks before it reopened.

July 12

2019: Coinciding with the opening of the 64th Beaufort Water Festival, the League of Women Voters Beaufort and Indivisible Beaufort stage a Lights For Liberty vigil in protest of U.S. detention camps along the southern border.

2019: Nate Livesay steps down as head boys basketball coach at Beaufort Academy.

2020: Twelve-year-old Gavin Moore of Beaufort wins the 50-mile Cremator Ultra endurance race in from Beaufort Town Center to St. Helena Island and back, twice.

– Compiled by Mike McCombs

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