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BEAUFORT ots of things going on in this heat of the summer. The 68th Water Festival is behind us and the XXXIII Olympiad is underway to occupy our time in air-conditioned comfort. With all the rain that accompanied Friday night’s Parisan opening ceremonies, comparisons could be made to the Water Festival’s planning team, which had to study the weather radar, knowing it could do little about the elements. Decisions were made to cancel two major Festival events but, as we know, the show went on and a “good time was had by all,” as they say. An interesting note: at least two “local” men – Will Moss, son of Dean Moss and Alice Varner, and Zake Graber, son of Scott and Susan Graber – are working behind the scenes to bring the Olympics to the NBC viewing public. Both men, who grew up here in Beaufort, work in the network’s production department and were assigned to work on the Olympic coverage. Kudos to them. They’re use to rain events.

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A vehicular access road, the 24-foot wide bike trail, and, perhaps, a waterfront walking promenade would reportedly extend through this property and then follow 8th Street in an easterly direction until it intersects with the park sometimes called the London Avenue Park. Scott Graber/The Island News

Optimism, uncertainty reign in Port Royal Indications are new mystery developer’s plans a step in right direction

By Scott Graber The Island News In 2004, 20 years ago, then-Governor Mark Sanford called for the selling of the Port of Port Royal. In that year the General Assembly passed legislation ordering the Ports Authority to sell its Port Royal Terminal and allow the Town to plan the commercial and residential future of this site.

In 2005, the Town hired a design firm out of Baltimore — Design Collective — to reimagine and redesign the Port’s waterfront acreage. Matt D’Amico, a principal in that firm, said at the time, “People wanted to make sure that the (Town) grid extended to the water, so there is a physical and visual connection to the waterfront.”

Over the past 20 years, the notion of “physical and visual connection” with Battery Creek has manifested itself in three planned improvements — a waterfront pedestrian promenade, the Spanish Moss Bike Trail and a vehicular access road that would extend into the site from Ribaut Road.

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On the waterfront Trask to build multistory building overlooking Beaufort River

A rendering of the approved 2- and 3-story building that is to be built overlooking Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort. Photo courtesy of Beaufort Design Build

By Delayna Earley The Island News The downtown Beaufort skyline could look a lot different as early as a year from now after a new 2and 3-story building received final approval in early July. During the July 10 meeting of the Beaufort Historic District

Review Board, the 18,000 squarefoot building, which is planned by developer and property owner Graham Trask, was approved. When the building first came before the board during a meeting in May, there were concerns regarding the size of the building, the materials to be used, the

overall design and how it relates to the city and the removal of parking spaces. The building was recommended for approval by city planners because of how it relates to the style of buildings along the waterfront

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Reopening of Hunting Island’s crown jewel coming into focus.

Beaufort County 13U takes two at DBB World Series.

Honor and Legacy: A South African Marine's pursuit to honor his family.

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