The last link in the Spanish Moss Trail will be a game changer for Beaufort and Port Royal, planners sayBy Mindy Lucas Four years after the Spanish Moss Trail opened in 2012, planners for the popular walking and bicycling path hit a snag. A new section, just over half a mile, was to extend the trail past the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in northern Beaufort County. There was just one problem. The section wasn’t paved.
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As many of our neighbors struggle with hardships and consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has responded by creating the Lowcountry Community COVID-19 Response Fund. The fund will rapidly deploy resources to community-based, frontline nonprofit organizations addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton Counties.
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April is National Poetry Month, and this year, the timing couldn’t be better. Over the next few issues of Lowcountry Weekly, we’ll feature the work of 14 local poets.
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Someone once said, “It’s not really a photograph until the photograph is printed.” To members of the Photography Club of Beaufort, a print is the completion of the photograph. Printed images are necessary as photographic art. Members cannot imagine that the digital age will render prints irrelevant. Fine art photographer Huntingon Witherill stated that an electronic image could no more replace a fine art print than a synthesizer could replace a violin!
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By Margaret Evans, EditorMarch pulled a switcheroo this year – coming in like a lamb, going out like a lion. A whole pride of lions, actually. And boy, did the month morph fast. My head is still spinning. Two columns ago, in early March, I casually wondered whether my husband and I should consider canceling our April trip to visit our exchange student daughter in Central Europe. There was this thing called Coronavirus, and it was starting to sound a little scary. But it was early days yet, and maybe it would pass. We decided to play it by ear.
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The Beaufort Water Festival is excited to announce that Rodney Atkins will be headlining this year’s Concert in the Park on July 18. Over the years Water Festival has brought in talent from all over the country, and we believe he will be another great addition to our lineup. Opening for the evening will be up and coming artist Scott Stevens, followed by Lainey Wilson as the second act.
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Habersham has recently designed a “Discovery Trail” blazed with birdhouses to guide visitors through Habersham’s Marketplace and into Habersham’s award-winning New Urbanism landscape. Habersham’s Discovery Trail gives guests a taste of its walkable neighborhood, amenities, restaurants, retail shops, and health and wellness businesses. It was scheduled to open at Habersham’s Third Friday celebration on March 20, but that event has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Habersham hopes to reschedule soon.
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South Carolina State Sen. Tom Davis has announced his intent to file for reelection to the South...
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The first vampire crawled out of his grave in 1725, a disgusting, noseless, reanimated corpse. Today, our vampires look super-sexy and sparkle. How did we get from vampires to glampires? In this one-hour performance, Grady Hendrix, award-winning author of the new novel, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, delivers a breakneck history of vampires using a barrage of flashy illustrations and, quite possibly, interpretive dance. Hendrix has performed his book-based shows all over the world, from London to Los Angeles, and Dance of the Glampires is guaranteed to be the most (legal) fun you’ve ever had in a bookstore.
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On Tuesday, March 31, the Pat Conroy Literary Center will hold a book launch celebration for Beaufort-based travel writers Lynn and Cele Seldon and their new books, 100 Things to Do in Savannah Before You Dieand the 2ndedition of their bestselling 100 Things to Do in Charleston Before You Die (both published by Reedy Press).
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