HBF’s Lafayette Soirée fundraiser set for May 16 at Moss Stoney House
One of the Lowcountry’s most-anticipated social events, Historic Beaufort Foundation’s Lafayette Soiree, is set for Saturday, May 16 at the 200-year-old George Moss Stony House in the National Historic Landmark District.
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Beaufort County GOP hosting ‘Get Out The Vote’ Rally
Democrats holding candidate rally and cookout Sunday at Penn Center
Beaufort County CFO’s employment ends amid ongoing budget discussions
Grays Hill man arrested in connection with January shooting
Beaufort County proposes flat tax rate as FY2027 budget priorities take shape
Beaufort County advances expanded plastic ban in 6-5 vote
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Beaufort County Sheriff candidate forum canceled after Seifert withdraws
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Beaufort County schools shift to eLearning Monday as severe winds expected
Securing the economic foundations of citizenship — USCB’s Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era hosting 4th annual Spring Symposium
3 TCL employees recognized as state association’s ‘Educators of the Year’
USCB awarded grant to advance Sexual Violence Prevention
Schedule & Results
Area high school and college sports results and schedule:
Community
Lowcountry Life: Pennsylvania woman enjoys Taste of the Lowcountry
Port Royal’s Tracy Lontz snapped this photo of Jeannine Readdy of Pennsylvania enjoying “Taste of…
Veteran of the Week – Gary Kocsis
American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Gary Kocsis, 70, who joined the United States…
This Week In History: Robert Smalls steals the CSS Planter
Late on the night of May 12 and early morning hours of May 13 in…
Taste Of Beaufort
Photos from A Taste of Beaufort in Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.
Out of necessity a passion is born: Linda Ferguson has been tailoring all kinds of uniforms in Beaufort for the last 30 years
Linda Ferguson started her sewing career at a textile plant in Walterboro, where she was…
Flying Frog 5K/10K
The Flying Frog 5K was held on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Beaufort Executive Airport….
Take Back The Night at USCB
Photos Amber Hewitt/The Island News Hopeful Horizons hosted its annual Take Back the Night event…
Photos: Springfest in Port Royal
Staff Reports Held on World Healing Day, the Springfest in Port Royal offered a meaningful…
Obituaries
Walter A. Gray Jr.
April 27, 1934 — March 24, 2026, Beaufort
Naomi Rebecca Middleton-Sias
Dec. 5, 1944 — March 24, 2026, Arizona
Sandra Jean ‘Sandy’ Andrews
Sept. 2, 1957 – Feb. 28, 2026, Aiken
Commentary & Voices
Elegy for the trees
I know developers replant trees, but many years must pass before a tree provides the benefits of “air quality, stormwater management, wind buffers, increased property values, and cooling effects to our homes and communities …” as the Port Royal Tree Ordinance states. To paraphrase the poet, Joyce Kilmer, “Essays are made by fools like me, But only God can make…
Somewhere, someplace, his father must be smiling
It is Sunday, and I’m in Port Royal. This afternoon I’m sitting with Leigh Stone in my small grey-painted study, and we’re talking about Oxytetracycline — a broad spectrum antibiotic discovered by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in 1949.
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May 7, 2026