Author: Margaret Evans

This year, Modern Jewelers celebrates 70 years in business. For over 50 of those years, the store has been in Rosemary Cuppia’s family -€“ her parents bought it in 1966 -€“ and she and her husband Kevin have owned and operated it together since the early 80s. Their son Chase came on board almost ten years ago, making Modern Jewelers a three-generation family business. We recently spoke with Rosemary and Kevin Cuppia about this downtown Beaufort institution.

You’ve probably heard that older folks have a habit of more frequently checking the obituary pages. “€˜If I don’€™t see myself, I must be alive”€™ seems to be the thought pattern or . . . just maybe . . . the simple realization that our time on earth is relatively limited and certainly finite. Here today, gone tomorrow.

LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is proud to announce that Stephen Murray will Chair our 2017 Annual Fund Drive. The Annual Fund Drive is a mailing that is sent in November that supports the nuts and bolts of LowCountry Habitat’€™s Beaufort operations.

In a major victory for historic preservation on Hilton Head Island, Fort Mitchel has at long last been added to the 1,400 South Carolina sites on the National Register of Historic Places. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.