Seabrook News

Beaufort County Board of Education member George Wilson was correct when he said rezoning the county's high schools -- which will number five by next fall -- is sure to be an emotional and contentious process.

Planners in South Carolina are considering building a road similar to Virginia's Colonial Parkway to link a mainland city to the growing sea islands to the southwest.

At two of the Beaufort County School District's four high schools, students have been moved to mobile classrooms and teachers sometimes have to share rooms.

Please send items for Harley's column at least two weeks in advance. Fax to 843-706-3070 or e-mail to features@ beaufortgazette.com. Singers from the community are invited to attend rehearsals and participate in a communitywide presentation of the Christmas portion of Handel's "Messiah" at First Presbyterian Church on Hilton Head Island.

The Beaufort County Board of Education on Tuesday: Gave final approval to an "early college" magnet program for Whale Branch High School.

A public hearing Tuesday on the proposed Kiawah River Plantation project drew a handful of residents who are concerned about traffic, pollution and increased property taxes.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Earle Cromer announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen Fripp Aimar Cromer, to James Hamilton Langford III, both of Beaufort.

Beaufort County schools superintendent Valerie Truesdale announced Saturday she will refuse any bonus the Board of Education might award her this year for boosting student achievement and meeting other goals.

The Coast Guard announced Friday that it had completed cleaning up the tar balls and oil spots that were deposited on 60 miles of area shoreline after oil slicks were spotted in the harbor on Oct.

Members of the South Carolina Pharmacy Association will present three free seminars about prescription medication on Hilton Head Island.

Since last Tuesday's oil spill, tar balls have been washing up in the Lowcountry.

The Coast Guard continued its oil spill assessment and cleanup at Charleston-area beaches and surrounding areas Saturday.

The 2009 Haunted trail will be held on October 29, 30 and 31st at the Deep Sigh Horse Farm in Seabrook, SC.

He was supposed to be part of a political dynasty, but instead Paul Thurmond is calling it quits.

The $35 million north-area high school was first approved in a 2000 bond referendum but ground wasn't broken until March 2008 because of controversy over where the school would be built and if it was needed.

The material, height, color and placement of signs in Georgetown County is under scrutiny.

When Thomasina Smalls steps outside, inhaling crisp air on a base surrounded by mountains and pristine wilderness in America's "last frontier," she is far more likely to run into a bear or moose than an enemy of the United States.

A 33-year-old Seabrook resident was charged today with shooting a man in the leg during an argument last month at a pool party.

When Thomasina Smalls steps outside, inhaling crisp air on a base surrounded by mountains and pristine wilderness in America's "last frontier," she is far more likely to run into a bear or moose than an enemy of the United States.

Ten parcels in Gardens Corner -- including the Seabrook Furniture Company and the Piggly Wiggly grocery store on Dairy Farm Road -- on Monday were recommended for upzoning to "rural business district." The change from rural zoning would allow for more retail space to serve the Sheldon and Big Estate areas.