The Beaufort County Planning Commission unanimously recommended denying the latest attempt to remove approximately 502 acres of the Pine Island property from St. Helena Island’s Cultural Protection Overlay following a lengthy public hearing Monday night.
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A planned closed-door discussion about Pine Island was pulled from the Beaufort County Council agenda Monday, Sept. 28, after council members disagreed over whether representatives for the developer should be allowed to participate in an executive session for the second time this month.
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Questions surrounding the City of Beaufort’s handling of last year’s Freedom of Information Act records breach returned to the forefront Tuesday as a resident, the city manager and a city council member publicly disputed key details about who received the email containing a download link to the unredacted records and how that information has been presented to the public.
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Beaufort City Council has delayed a final vote on a proposed rezoning of the former Beaufort Gazette building on Salem Road, opting instead to explore changes to the city’s zoning code that could allow the property to be reused without permanently expanding commercial zoning in the area.
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It’s been hot and the oppressive summer heat has probably contributed to keeping political activity to a minimum. That and the political primaries being behind us. But Beaufort City Council, at its last meeting for a month, had its lively moments.
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Former City of Beaufort Public Information Officer Ashley Brandon is publicly defending her role in the release of more than 9,000 unredacted public records as the city continues an independent investigation into the disclosure.
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One highlight from last week’s news was the fact that a record number of registered South Carolina voters went to the polls on the first day of early voting and that held true in Beaufort County.
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Beaufort County Council members spent nearly three hours behind closed doors during a special called meeting held May 19 at the Beaufort County Government Robert Smalls Complex, ultimately taking no action once they returned to open session.
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