Port Royal News

Law enforcement officers from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources will be at four Beaufort County boat landings this holiday weekend to conduct courtesy boat inspections.

Main Street Beaufort, USA, is wrapping up plans for free monthly movie nights and lunchtime concerts at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park -- family-friendly events that could quell recent complaints from residents that more free activities aren't held at the downtown green space.

An informational meeting about St. Mark's Academy will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Hospice Care of the Lowcountry conference room at 119 Palmetto Way in Bluffton.

The USCB Lunch With Author series includes lunch, a half-hour talk by Dorothea Benton Frank, a Q&A period and book signing that all begins at noon Wednesday at the Sea Pines Country Club on Hilton Head Island.

When a Beaufort County Sheriff's deputy clocks a potential speeder with a radar gun, Sheriff P.J. Tanner wants to make sure that officer knows what he's doing.

A landscaping company stores piles of debris, stones and wood pallets on town-owned land next to the narrow, flood-prone side streets off Mathews Drive, just beyond Port Royal Plaza.

Want more information about becoming a foster parent? Contact Linda and Henry Robinson of the Beaufort County Foster Parent Association at 843-521-4490. Linda Robinson of Port Royal first became a foster parent more than two decades ago.

Space is so tight at the Beaufort County Disabilities and Special Needs building in Port Royal that nearly half of its 104 day program clients are bused to partnering agencies in Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.

Beaufort County is doing the right thing by picking up the tab for a Port Royal couple whose home was made uninhabitable after a county dump truck slammed into it, demolishing a porch and knocking the house off its foundation.

Funeral service is 11 a.m. today at the Beth Israel Synagogue, 304 Scott St., Beaufort.

A recent study published in a national journal suggests there's a connection between the blue lights in your rearview mirror and the red ink on local governments' accounting books.

More than 120 motorcycles roared down S.C. 170 on Saturday morning to raise money for research programs at the Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center in Port Royal.

Hilton Head Island plans to increase fees to pay for drainage projects inside its gated communities, but officials still are trying to determine how much that increase should be.

FREE performances in the heart of Old Town Port Royal, produced by ACBC and presented by the Town of Port Royal- bring your chairs & dancing shoes! John McCutcheon John McCutcheon is a balladeer of the nation's heritage, channeling the conscience of our people into streams of poetry and melody: an incarnation of Pete Seeger and Mr.

Ashten Byrne, 17, is well on her way to becoming a military pilot after winning two prestigious awards By AMY COYNE BREDESON abredeson@islandpacket.com 843-986-5528 Published Thursday, June 4, 2009 Comments Mouse over the photo to enlarge Civil Air Patrol The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

The time has arrived! Vidalia onions are in season. It is this time of year that one can eat an onion a day and give an uplift to better health.

Green Drinks Hilton Head will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Street Meet American Tavern in Port Royal Plaza.

The sounds of dance music will be heard in the Old Commons Neighborhood from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday when The Foundation Band plays three hours of blues, R&B, oldies and pop hits outdoors in the heart of the Commons.

Witnesses provided conflicting statements about a May 12 fatal accident at Ind. 28 and U.S. 31, but police believe driver fatigue played a factor in the crash.

Concert in the Commons will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Scott and Prince streets.