Posted on: January 19, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 19, 2021) – Despite facing headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic, new construction in the City of Beaufort continued at a strong pace in 2020.
The City issued 66 permits for single-family homes in 2020, and 7 permits for comme...
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Posted on: January 14, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 14, 2021) – City of Beaufort offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
WastePro will conduct its trash/recycling pickups on Monday. The City will reopen for normal busi...
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Posted on: January 13, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 13, 2020) – The City of Beaufort’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report was presented to City Council at its Work Session on Jan. 12.
The Annual Financial Report is a look at the City’s finances during it...
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Posted on: January 12, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 12, 2020) – The Beaufort Cultural Arts District is seeking sponsors for Phase II of its Bench Project, an artistic celebration of the Beaufort area’s history, culture and arts.
The project launched in 2019. In early...
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Posted on: January 12, 2021
Jan. 12, 2021
The City of Beaufort is sharing an email from Beaufort Memorial Hospital that is being sent to community partners to detail procedures for Covid vaccines for those who are Phase 1a-eligible. The hospital has asked us to share this with &n...
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Posted on: January 11, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. – The City of Beaufort has named Neal Pugliese its senior project coordinator to partner with Dominion Energy as Dominion continues its current tree-pruning rotation in the City.
Pugliese, a retired U.S. Marines colonel, is also th...
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Posted on: January 11, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 11, 2020) – Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 12, the public can comment during City Council meetings via Zoom or through a call-in number. Both work sessions and regular meetings will continue to be livestreamed on the City&rs...
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Posted on: January 11, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in several ways:
- Emailing comments before the meetings (details on ag...
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Posted on: January 8, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 8, 2020) – Officials from the City of Beaufort met again with officials from Dominion Energy via a a Zoom conference call today (Jan. 8) to address residents’ concerns as the utility company continues its...
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Posted on: January 7, 2021
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Jan. 7, 2021) – The City of Beaufort has openings for two people to serve on its Elections Commission.
The Elections Commission meets twice a year; terms last for six years. Commission members work with the Beaufort Coun...
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Posted on: January 5, 2021
Beaufort, S.C. (Jan. 5, 2020) -- Filing has opened for candidates interested in running in a Special Election on March 2 to fill the unexpired City Council term of Stephen Murray, who is the new mayor of Beaufort.
The deadline to file is at noon on&nbs...
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Posted on: December 30, 2020
Dec. 30, 2020
Update from BJWSA to residents of Beaufort:
Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) has several capital improvement projects located in the City of Beaufort where the public may see workers in the near future.
For the past ...
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Posted on: December 30, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 30, 2020) – Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop underwent cardiac bypass surgery at the MUSC Health University Medical Center on Dec. 29. He is recovering in the hospital and, once discharged, is expected to recover at home fo...
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Posted on: December 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 22, 2020) – The City of Beaufort’s Police Department is now housed in the Matthew J. Clancy Law Enforcement Center.
The building was named in honor of Beaufort’s former chief, Matthew Clancy, who...
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Posted on: December 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 22, 2020) – City offices in Beaufort will be closed on Dec. 23-25 in honor of the Christmas holidays, and on Jan. 1 in honor of New Year’s Day.
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Posted on: December 21, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. – Dominion Energy is currently trimming tree branches, and removing trees when necessary, that impede transmission and distribution power lines on streets throughout the City of Beaufort. We’ve been sharing their planned...
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Posted on: December 21, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. – Beaufort City Council will hold a Special Meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the lobby of the Beaufort Police Department building, 1901 Boundary Street. It will be livestreamed on the City’s Facebook page. The age...
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Posted on: December 18, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 18, 2020) – A Special Election to fill the unexpired City Council term of Stephen Murray, who is the new mayor of Beaufort, will be held on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. That term will go through November 2022.
The Beaufort County ...
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Posted on: December 18, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 18, 2020) – The City of Beaufort is seeking people interested in participating in a Southside Park Task Force. The task force will provide input to City Council and City staff about potential improvements to the 34-acre park...
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Posted on: December 17, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 17, 2020) – At its Dec. 14 meeting, the Metropolitan Planning Commission approved the Whitehall Development Group’s subdivision sketch plan for a mixed-use development next to Whitehall Park on Lady&r...
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Posted on: December 16, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 16, 2020) – Stephen Murray, the new mayor of the City of Beaufort, never planned to be in politics. But in 2009, the small business entrepreneur and his wife, Melissa, moved back from the Tampa area to his hometown of Beaufo...
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Posted on: December 14, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
- Signing into Zoom (details on each agenda)
- Callin...
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Posted on: December 10, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 10, 2020) – New city officials were sworn into office at the Beaufort City Council meeting on Dec. 8. Municipal Judge Ned Tupper gave the oath of office to new Mayor Stephen Murray, and new Councilmembers Neil Lipsitz and Ha...
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Posted on: December 7, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 7, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
- Signing into Zoom (details on eac...
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Posted on: December 3, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 3, 2020) – In honor of Arbor Day, which is observed throughout South Carolina on the first Friday in December, the City of Beaufort and its Public Works Department along with the Pigeon Point Beautification Committe...
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Posted on: December 2, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Dec. 2, 2020) – Stephen Murray will be sworn in as mayor of the City of Beaufort at City Council’s Regular Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8. New Councilmembers Neil Lipsitz and Mitch Mitchell will also be sworn in by Municipal Judge Ned Tupper.
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Posted on: November 30, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 30, 2020) – In a few days, Billy Keyserling will relinquish his title of mayor – one he has held for 12 years -- and return to civilian life. But he won’t be retiring to a quiet life.
Far from it. Keyserli...
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Posted on: November 25, 2020
At City Council Work Session on Nov. 24, Russell Baxley, Beaufort Memorial Hospital president and CEO, and his top medical team made a presentation on Covid-19. The slides look at the hospital's current status and data from the onset of Covid in ...
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Posted on: November 23, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 23, 2020) – The holidays are fast approaching, and so are the many safe and fun activities that the City of Beaufort will be sponsoring or helping to organize.
Note: Because we want to ensure our residents’ and visi...
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Posted on: November 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 23, 2020) – In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, City of Beaufort offices will close at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving.
WastePro will not conduct it...
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Posted on: November 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 23, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
- Signing into Zoom (details on ea...
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Posted on: November 19, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. – In December, Henry C. Chambers is expected to get his due as a wall at the Henry C. Chambers Park is emblazoned with his name.
Over the years, the 7-acre park has become known simply as Waterfront Park. But when it open...
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Posted on: November 16, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 16, 2020_ - All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: November 12, 2020
The City of Beaufort Police Department has a number of suggestions to help ensure your holidays are as safe as possible. Remember, wear a mask while in stores, and maintain social distancing.
When traveling and in parking lots
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Posted on: November 9, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 11, 2020) – City of Beaufort offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day.
WastePro will conduct its normal Wednesday trash and recycling pickups that day.
The Beaufort Regional Ch...
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Posted on: November 9, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
- Signing into Zoom (details on each agenda)
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Posted on: November 5, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 5, 2020) – Dale McDorman has been named police chief of the City of Beaufort, City Manager Bill Prokop announced today.
McDorman, who was appointed interim chief after the death of Matthew Clancy in July, has been w...
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Posted on: November 2, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Nov. 2, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: October 28, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 28, 2020) – The City of Beaufort has narrowed its search for police chief to three top candidates. The new chief will lead a department of 44 officers and four civilian staffers, succeeding Chief Matthew J. Clancy, who passe...
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Posted on: October 26, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 26, 2020) – The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department has received a $38,000 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase a LifePak 15 cardiac monitor with a built-...
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Posted on: October 26, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 26, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: October 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 22, 2020) – The City of Beaufort is going through a multi-step process to choose its next police chief for its department of 44 officers and four civilian staffers.
Police Chief Matthew J. Clancy passed aw...
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Posted on: October 22, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 22, 2020) – Hoping to ensure the future of the iconic Woods Memorial Bridge, the City of Beaufort and the Historic Beaufort Foundation (HBF) are working together to raise funds to achieve the bridge’s listing on th...
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Posted on: October 21, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 21, 2020) (updated on Oct. 26) – “Halloween Reimagined” is underway in the City of Beaufort, complete with virtual costume and pumpkin-carving contests and drive-through trick-or-treating. It’s ...
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Posted on: October 20, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 20, 2020) – Beaufort’s South Coast Cyber Center is making progress on a number of fronts, according to Chairman and Executive Director Col. Warren Parker, USMC (Retired).
Launched earlier this year as a 501 (c) (3),...
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Posted on: October 19, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
- Signing into Zoom (details on each agenda)
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Posted on: October 14, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 14, 2020) – Beaufort City Council passed an extension of its mask/face covering emergency ordinance at its Regular Meeting on Oct. 13. Masks will be required until Dec. 11 in buildings that can be accessed by the public, inc...
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Posted on: October 12, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 12, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: October 5, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 5, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: September 25, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 25, 2020) – The City of Beaufort Police Department received earlier this week its Certificate of Re-Accreditation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation (SCLEA) program. This certificate is presented to agenc...
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Posted on: September 24, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 24, 2020) – At its Sept. 22 Regular Meeting, City Council voted to accept the FY 2021 ATAX grant recommendations from the Tourism Development Advisory Committee (TDAC).
The grants are generated by the State Accommodations Ta...
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Posted on: September 23, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 23, 2020) – City Council approved the City of Beaufort’s 2020-2022 Strategic Plan at its Regular Meeting on Sept. 22.
The Strategic Plan, which sets out a roadmap for objectives over the next two years, was discuss...
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Posted on: September 21, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 21, 2020) – Beaufort City Council will hold first readings of several significant ordinances at its meeting on Sept. 22. They include:
Stormwater Protection: Ordinance would ban dumping of chemicals, paints, solvents, yard d...
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Posted on: September 21, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 21, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: September 14, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 14, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
- Emailing comments
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Posted on: September 11, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 11, 2020) – The City of Beaufort Police Department has made a number of enhancements to its website to ensure more transparency and accountability with the public, as well to make it easier to request services.
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Posted on: September 11, 2020
Today we take a moment to remember how our nation was forever changed on Sept. 11, 2001. We pay tribute to those heroes who saved so many lives, and we mourn with the families who lost their loved ones. We were united as a country in the days and weeks fo...
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Posted on: September 10, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 10, 2020) – The Beaufort Police Department has invested in the BolaWrap, a tool that makes taking people into custody safer for both officers and those they are arresting. The BolaWrap is a hand-held remote restraint device...
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Posted on: September 9, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 9, 2020) – Beaufort City Council approved an extension of the City’s mask ordinance through Nov. 1 at council’s Sept. 8 meeting. The ordinance was set to expire on Sept. 15. Beaufort joins the Town of Bl...
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Posted on: September 9, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 9, 2020) – The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department has been awarded a $200,749 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to enhance firefighters’ training. This grant requires a 10% match from...
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Posted on: September 7, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 7, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
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Posted on: September 2, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 2, 2020) – Have you been counted?
Beaufort County Census Day is Wednesday, Sept. 9, and the City of Beaufort is joining local governments throughout the county to urge everyone who has not yet been counted to step up on Sept...
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Posted on: September 1, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 1, 2020) – Looking for something fun to do this Labor Day weekend?Why not head to downtown Beaufort, where merchants and restaurant owners have gone many extra steps to ensure that customers have an enjoyable – an...
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Posted on: September 1, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Sept. 1, 2020) – City of Beaufort offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in honor of Labor Day.WastePro, the City’s solid waste and recycling vendor, will not be providing trash pickup and recycling services on Labo...
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Posted on: August 28, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 28, 2020) – It’s official! The new playground at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park is now open for kids (and their parents!).
A ribbon-cutting was held this morning to unveil the Beaufort-themed park, which includes...
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Posted on: August 26, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 26, 2020) – The Spanish Moss Trail between Rogers Drive and Broome Lane will close on Aug. 31 to pedestrians and cyclists as construction begins on that phase of the Mossy Oaks Stormwater Drainage Project. Detour signs have ...
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Posted on: August 24, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. – As we enter election season, the City of Beaufort has some reminders about what is allowed in terms of political/election signs.
- Political signs do not require permits to be posted.
- Signs can be posted within 60 days of an electio...
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Posted on: August 19, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 20, 2020) – Two candidates have filed to run for mayor of the City of Beaufort, and six candidates have filed to run for two open City Council seats. Neither Mayor Billy Keyserling nor Councilwoman Nan Sutton is running for ...
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Posted on: August 17, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 17, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
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Posted on: August 10, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 10, 2020) -- All meetings will be conducted via Zoom and streamed live on the City’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/CityBeaufortSC/). The public can participate in four ways:
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Posted on: August 6, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 6, 2020) – In a big step forward for the City of Beaufort’s Boundary Street Corridor Improvement Plan, a 48,387-square-foot Publix will be coming to Beaufort Plaza in the fall of 2021.
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Posted on: August 6, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 6, 2020) – Offices at the City of Beaufort will be closed to the public from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, so that staff can attend funeral services for Police Chief Matthew Clancy, who passed away on July 29.
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Posted on: August 5, 2020
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 5, 2020) – A public service to honor Beaufort Police Chief Matthew Clancy, who passed away on July 29, will be held at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7. The service will be held on the stage at t...
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