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August 5

2021: Beaufort’s Kazoobie Kazoos, one of just two kazoo factories in the United States, holds a grand opening for its remodeled Kazoo Museum, which highlights the history of the kazoo and features, among other things, a U.S. flag made from 3,000 plastic kazoos.

August 6

2019:The Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette announce they are discontinuing their Saturday print edition.

August 9

2021: The City of Beaufort Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA) grants developer Dick Stewart and 303 Associates a code variance to allow the building of a three-story apartment building at the corner of Charles and Port Republic streets.

2021: Interim coach Cory Cottrell is promoted to permanent head coach for the USC Beaufort men’s and women’s golf teams.

– Compiled by Mike McCombs

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