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When the tambourine played on Dubois Lane
There are places in old Bluffton that disappeared so quietly that, unless somebody saved a photograph or took the time to write down a memory, you might never know they were here. One of those places …
Oyster roast season
As the long days of summer gradually give way to cooler mornings and golden afternoons, our corner of the state takes on a special kind of beauty. The marsh grass turns brilliant shades of gold and …
If only I could bark
Have you ever considered that reincarnation is the next level after your days on this earth are over? If so, what would you like to be? A few years back, I designed a T-shirt for a king mackerel …
Gone with the Wind
“Gone with the Wind,” by Margaret Mitchell, she of Atlanta, Georgia, newspaperwoman extraordinaire, is seemingly the longest book ever written at 1,037 pages. It was only a few weeks ago …
Well, aren’t you something ...
I wish you had seen my face the day I realized that “Bless your heart” really didn’t mean it. That was a shocker! I can tell you it’s a world apart from “Go in peace.” My …
Arts & Entertainment
Bob Masteller’s Jazz For All Ages Jazz Fest will return to Hilton Head Island Oct. 12-13, 2025, bringing acclaimed performers, musical tributes and emerging young talent to the Sonesta Resort. …
Hilton Head Library All events take place at the Hilton Head Branch Library • Author Talk with Michael Wayne Wojcik: Oct. 28, 2-4 p.m. • Spooky Ink Marbling: Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-noon Bluffton …
The classroom is back in session this Halloween as “Late Nite Catechism: ’Til Death Do Us Part” comes to the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina for a performance Oct. 31. The interactive …
The Mary Green Chorale will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States with “We the People,” a concert featuring American patriotic music at 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at …
Business
Collins Group Realty welcomes two new team members Collins Group Realty has named Lauren Kovach business operations manager and hired Hilton Head Island native Cassie Cobia as a marketing team …
University of South Carolina Beaufort Chancellor Al M. Panu will retire at the end of June 2027, concluding nearly 12 years as the university’s top administrator. Panu became USCB’s second …
Beaufort Memorial has expanded its primary care services on Hilton Head Island with the opening of two practices at 100 Exchange St., Suite 200. Representatives from Beaufort Memorial, the Town of …
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of traveling for work, and I’ve noticed something. I always seem to end up toward the back of the plane. There’s a definite pecking order on an airplane. And you …
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Lowcountry football teams eye postseason
The high school football regular season is entering its final stretch, and postseason opportunities could be on the horizon for Hilton Head Christian, Bluffton, May River and Cross. Hilton Head …
Do you have the first tee jitters?
Don’t feel bad, because even the best players on the pro tour have them. Rory McIlroy double-bogeyed the first hole at the Masters and came back to win. Don’t attach too much importance to …
The perfect hole-in-one
Say what? Perfect hole-in-one? Sounds like the perfect martini! I mean, isn’t a plain old martini or any old hole-in-one good enough, whichever way it goes down? Not for golf-crazed analytical …
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