The annual Walk For Water event was held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal. Beaufort County Walk for Water promotes awareness of the global water crisis and raises money to provide sustainable, safe water around the world.
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American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Avalee Green, 66, who graduated from Beaufort High School in 1979 and joined the U.S. Army.
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Beth Grace went to be with the angels and our Lord on Aug. 29 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta — fittingly, the very place where she met her husband, Gene, while she was a student there.
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Samuel “Sam” McGowan III, 78, of Beaufort, South Carolina, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on June 18, 2026, at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, S.C.
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While Executive Director Robert Adams and his board of trustees work to steer Penn Center’s future into a national and international example of unique cultures dealing with change, it seems the loyalty and devotion of those who kept the Penn Center spirit alive over the years has to be recognized as part of that direction.
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Last week’s article was this writer’s testament to the high quality of VA Healthcare based on my last 22 years as a patient and advisor at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System (RHJVAHS). This article includes proof positive that the RHJVAHS is second to none in quality of care and why veterans should sign up for VA healthcare.
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Today the principal problem in these parts is the fact that roads, bridges, sewer capacity cannot keep up with the growth. Now we sit — stationary in our idling SUVs — wondering what has happened to this stunning, pristine place.
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Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) has announced the appointment of Laurie A. Boeding as its next president, effective July 1, according to a TCL media release from last week.
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Dabney Fox Thacker passed away on May 11, 2026, in Charleston, S.C., from complications from cancer. She is survived by her husband, Andy Thacker; her daughter, Heather Thacker; her son, Dr. Stephen Thacker; his wife, Mary Thacker; and their grandchildren, Ethan, Dabney, and Jacob Thacker, and all of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Late on the night of May 12 and early morning hours of May 13 in 1862, Beaufort’s Robert Smalls stole the CSS Planter and delivered the ship to the Union Navy that was blockading Charleston harbor.
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