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Beaufort Food Truck Festival returns Saturday
By Mike McCombs After being canceled for the second time in three years, the Lowcountry Jaycees are hosting the 5th annual Beaufort Food Truck Festival from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, April 8 on Paris Avenue in Port Royal. In 2020, like many other events, the Food Truck Festival was a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning for it’s fourth edition in 2021, the event had a banner year after a few changes – longer hours, beer sales and a move from Beaufort Town Center to Port Royal. Then last year, the threat of
a hurricane washed the festival away, leading to this year’s event this weekend. “It was definitely a good choice that allowed us to raise more money,” Lowcountry Jaycees President Jennifer Argetsinger said of the 2021 addition of a beer tent. “And we’re going a little bit longer again this year. There should be a good variety for all the types of people who may attend.” There will be 14 trucks at this year’s event with the fare ranging from desserts and ice cream to Polish, American and Filipino to wings, barbecue, hot dogs, soul
food and seafood. In addition to beer, there will also be water ans soft drinks. There will be live music by Campfire Tyler, Steel Rail Express and El Camino, as well as artisan crafts and a kid zone and a variety of games for families. The festival is open to the public with free admission. The Food Truck Festival is the signature event of the Lowcountry Jaycees. Most of the proceeds will benefit Jaycee Camp Hope, a statewide residential camp for in-
The Fifth Annual Beaufort Food Truck Festival is set for Saturday on Paris Avenue in Port Royal. Proceeds of this event will benefit Jaycee Camp Hope, a statewide residential camp for individuals with disabilities aged 7 and older. SEE FESTIVAL PAGE A4 File photo by Bob Sofaly/The Island News
‘Protect St. Helena’ Community comes out in droves to oppose development of Pine Island and St. Helenaville
By Delayna Earley The Island News ST. HELENA ISLAND – Hundreds of concerned citizens from all over northern Beaufort County gathered on Thursday evening, March 30, for one reason — INSIDE to preserve Videos of the land and Queen Quet and Beaufort culture on St. Mayor Stephen Helena Island Murray by protecting speaking at Thursday’s Pine Island and rally, Page A4 St. Helenaville from being developed into a golf course and gated community. The rally was held at St. Helena Elementary School on St. Helena Island, and community members lined up outside of the
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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, speaks against the development of Pine Island during a community rally on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at St. Helena Elementary School on St. Helena Island. Delayna Earley/The Island News
Beaufort ranked healthiest county in SC but least healthy county next door
Businesses on Bay Street in downtown Beaufort, Aug. 10, 2022. Grace Beahm Alford/Post And Courier
By Tom Corwin tcorwin@postandcourier.com Beaufort County is the healthiest WANT MORE? place to live in South Carolina, acFrom Beaufort to Bluffton cording to an annual ranking. But and Hilton Head, The Post and the least healthy, Allendale County, Courier covers news impacting is just one county over — a phenomyour community. Subscribe for more local coverage at enon that is common across the postandcourier.com/IslandNews. U.S., one expert said. County Health Rankings released its annual report March 29 overall health in each state based listing counties across the U.S. by on a wide range of factors, from
infant mortality to the number of providers to home ownership. In South Carolina, just after Beaufort, the top counties were York, Charleston, Greenville, Dorchester and Lexington, in that order. Joining Allendale at the bottom were Marion, Lee, Hampton and Dillon counties. That two of the least healthy
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Richard Geier: Parental rights and freedom of choice.
Eagles keep Beaufort Track Classic titles at home.
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