A month ago, I traveled to New Jersey to help clean out my niece’s apartment. As part of the process, I offered to take her albums of photos home with me, digitize them and return the originals …

Don’t let the Boo Hag get you. Evading this Gullah-Geechee haint is the premise of a University of South Carolina Beaufort professor’s Lowcountry-themed video game that’s now available for …

Former student finds new role at Royal Live Oaks Academy Caroline Moore came to Royal Live Oaks Academy looking for a different school experience. Years later, she has returned to the Hardeeville …

Once, just once, I’d like to come home from the practice range without innocently thinking, “I’ve got it, I figured it out, I’ve finally cracked the case!” only to have my exhilaration …

As you might imagine, I am an avid weather watcher. I’m not talking about flipping on the Weather Channel and waiting for its segment called “Local on the 8s” — no sir, I’m talking more …

Celebrating Italian Heritage Month offers a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with the traditions, flavors and regional stories that make Italy’s culinary legacy so enduring. Cooking is not just …

Bluffton’s real estate market enters October with fewer homes for sale, faster selling times, and a strong round of contracts and closings. Those movements point in the same direction: buyers …

Daughter Tamela, her husband Nicholas and I went to a concert over Charleston Way. James Vernon Taylor, singer, songwriter, six-time Grammy winner, over 100 million albums sold worldwide, a …

luffton’s Linc Jolly it struck while driving by a street sign. Jolly had dropped his oldest son off at crew club on Hilton Head Island and was heading home when he noticed the sign for Whooping …

What if a beach could be a great place for people and an important place for birds, too? That’s the idea behind Hilton Head Island’s Wildlife Beach Area, a small stretch of Fish Haul Beach …

Modern technology can strengthen both safety and security when it is used thoughtfully. Some security apparatus, such as closed-circuit television, or CCTV, used to be reserved for the ultra-rich or …

What began as the Archer family’s effort to honor a loved one has grown into an annual celebration benefiting Palmetto Animal League. The Archer family’s connection with Palmetto Animal …

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women in the United States, with about 1 in 8 women developing invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. Because breast cancer is so …

If you have Medicare, you may assume that once you’ve chosen your coverage, you can simply leave it alone. Unfortunately, that can be an expensive assumption. Medicare costs, benefits, …

The landscape of Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics is undergoing an important shift toward earlier, less invasive evaluation. Until recently, evaluating the amyloid pathology associated with …

I often write about healthy supplements we might give our dogs in addition to their regular food. But I keep coming back to a question: Which supplements are really important? Most of us …

As a loyal reader of the “Bluffton Sun” over the last few years, you will have seen a wide variety of authors who contribute articles representing the many faith communities of the Low Country. I …

Fall has finally arrived in the Lowcountry. Well, sort of. Around Hilton Head and Bluffton, fall usually means the temperature drops below 80, somebody orders a pumpkin-spice latte and the rest of us …

In today’s fast-paced world, many people are looking for activities that improve both physical and mental well-being while providing an opportunity to connect with others. Dance continues to be one …

Photographer and author Andrew Feiler traveled more than 25,000 miles and photographed 105 schools to document a chapter of American history that once stretched across much of the segregated South. …