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Airshow returns to MCAS Beaufort:
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By Delayna Earley The Island News Are you a fan of airplanes? Looking for a fun family event for the weekend? Well, you are in luck. The Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort Airshow is back. The show, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23, at MCAS Beaufort, is free for the public to attend, and tickets are not required. However, there are special seating
and VIP tickets available for purchase AIRSHOW AFTERPARTY in advance if you want to be closer to Make sure to check out the Airshow the action. Afterparty on Saturday, April 22, The event will feature a demonstrafrom 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Port tion by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels. Royal. The party, which will be held at the corner of Paris Avenue and 8th You may see, and hear, the Blue Street, will feature the Parris Island Angels practicing for the show later Marine Corps band, food trucks, beer in the week. wagon and a tap truck. The airshow will also include performances and demonstrations by Clemens Kuhlig with Chefpitts Air Shows, Kyle Franklin with Franklin’s Flying Extreme Flight, an F-35B, Gary Rower Circus, Chris Thomas, Patty Wagwith Rower Air Shows, Kyle Fowler, staff, Rob Holland, the MCAS Marine
Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), the SOCOM Para-Commandos and Precision Exotics. Kuhlig will be flying the Pitts Special, “an iconic airplane that lends itself well to beautiful rolling, curving lines, snap rolls and excellent outside capability,” accord-
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HRB says ‘no’ to downtown townhouses, ‘yes’ to rooftop bar
Developer Elvio Tropeano, with beard and dark shirt, looks on as the Community Services and Land Use Committee takes up revisions to the St. Helena Island Cultural Protection Overlay during a Monday, April 10, 2023, meeting in Beaufort. The committee voted to recommend adoption of the language by a vote of 10-1 and council approved the first reading by the same vote. Tony Kukulich/The Post And Courier
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BEAUFORT he front page of last week’s edition of The Island News told a story of the Lowcountry almost without reading. In case you missed it, there was the lead story about St. Helena Island supporters “claiming an early win” in their fight to keep a gated, golf-course resort off Pine Island. There was a lengthy report by Tony Kukulich of The Post and Courier about the ongoing fight south of the Broad River to “keep Chelsea rural” while facing the prospect of at least 4,800 new homes on the Jasper County side of S.C. 170. There was the Lowcountry Lowdown once again, spouting doom and gloom, this time about a County Council member’s reminder that Hilton Head Island is the financial golden goose of the county and we might as well accept the development that’s
This isn’t settled yet Beaufort County votes to prohibit golf courses on St. Helena, but battle isn’t over.
By Tony Kukulich tkukulich@postandcourier.com BEAUFORT — Officials recently took a step toward strengthening the zoning ordinance protecting Gullah-Geechee culture and moderating development on St. Helena Island, but the intensity of County Council debate prior to the vote suggests the issue is not settled. According to County Administrator Eric Greenway, two additional readings and a public hearing are required before the revised St. Helena Island Cultural Protection Overlay
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development pressure. The prohibitions against gated communities, resorts and golf coursWANT MORE? es remain, though the definitions of From Beaufort to Bluffton and Hilton gated communities and golf coursHead, The Post and Courier covers es have been updated. The revised news impacting your community. language also eliminates a previous Subscribe for more local coverage at postandcourier.com/IslandNews. exception that allowed golf courses with fewer than nine holes. Originally adopted in 1999, the can be adopted. overlay’s significance was highlightThe changes add commentary to ed late last year when developer Elvio the overlay’s purpose statement, addTropeano floated a plan to build an exing information about the island’s history, Gullah-Geechee culture, and the challenges faced from increasing SEE BATTLE PAGE A4
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Beaufort Art Association’s Spring Art Show winners announced.
Carolyn Jebaily: Protection of Gullah-Geechee culture, ACE Basin crucial for St. Helena’s future.
78-year-old couple is top finisher older then 70 years old in the Radiance Run 5k.
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