When the Beaufort River Swim goes off for the 20th time Saturday morning, June 6, on the Beaufort River, it looks like it will once again be a record-breaker, participation wise.
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Beaufort residents and visitors alike turned out Monday, May 25, 2026, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country on Memorial Day.
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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Members of Beaufort’s Waterfront Advisory Committee are moving toward a recommendation to rebuild Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park’s failed relieving platform largely in its current form after engineers said public feedback overwhelmingly favored restoring the existing promenade design while elevating it to better address flooding and long-term resilience concerns.
Waterfront committee backs rebuilding existing promenade design at Waterfront Park Read More »
A Taste of Beaufort returns to downtown Beaufort on Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, 2026, bringing together the region’s best food, local flavor, and community spirit across an expanded lineup in three unique locations.
This Weekend’s Taste of Beaufort: Bigger, tastier, better than ever Read More »
One of the most significant moments in the nation’s march toward freedom happened here, along the banks of the Beaufort River. For decades, it has also been largely out of reach.
Port Royal renews push to open Emancipation Oak site to public Read More »
The Carolina Bight is the area that includes the Calibogue Sound, the Port Royal Sound, and the Beaufort, Chechessee, Colleton, May, Pocataligo, Tulifiny and Whale Branch rivers. The ecosystem is unique in ways we are only now coming to understand.
We live in the Carolina Bight – What is it? Why does it matter? Read More »
On January 16, 1865, U.S. Army Gen. William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, appropriating the Sea Islands and coastal lands for freedmen. Gen. Rufus Saxon was given the task of assigning the head of each family 40 acres and the temporary use of a horse or mule, likely the origin of the expression “40 acres and a mule.”
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