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Seven indicted by Beaufort County grand jury in Coligny Beach shooting

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Seven people have now been indicted in connection with the July 4 shooting at Coligny Beach, as prosecutors revealed Friday, July 17, why the attempted murder charges initially announced after the incident have been replaced with assault and battery charges under a legal strategy rooted in one of Beaufort County’s most well-known homicide cases.

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Resident, city manager clash over Beaufort FOIA breach during council meeting

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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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Residents press Beaufort officials over Dominion tree trimming

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As Dominion Energy’s neighborhood tree trimming program gets underway in Beaufort, residents are continuing to voice concerns over the utility’s aggressive pruning practices after a lengthy discussion during the Beaufort City Council’s July 7 meeting highlighted growing frustration with both the work itself and the lack of communication surrounding it.

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