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He’s ‘done nothing for South Carolina’ Lowcountry’s Matthews challenges Scott for Senate seat
South Carolina State Representative Krystle Matthews, D-117, made a campaign stop Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Grace Chapel AME Church in Beaufort. Matthews, who was first elected to her position in 2018, is running against incumbent Tim Scott for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tony Kukulich/The Island News.
By Tony Kukulich Democrat Krystle Matthews was a political unknown when she was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2018, and she is now looking to step onto the national stage as she takes on incumbent Republican Tim Scott in November for his seat in the U.S. Senate. Matthews, who represents the 117th District that includes portions of Berkeley and Charleston counties, appeared before a welcoming crowd at the Grace Chapel AME Church in Beaufort last week during a meeting of the Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club (NBCDC). “I’m excited to bring my ideas for South Carolina to the United States Senate because I feel like we just need someone who is really looking
to make the state better and not trying to figure out what they can do to make their next step better,” Matthews said, drawing an enthusiastic response Speaking for VIDEO nearly an hour to For a brief video from Krystle a full house, MatMatthews’ thews was at ease appearance in and showed none Beaufort, find of the nervousness this story at YourIslandNews. she confessed to com or visit feeling when she https://youtu.be/ began speaking in u2ys_6cuD8I. front of audiences. During her appearance in Beaufort, Matthews discussed a variety of topics in her platform, answered audience questions and pulled no punches when discussing her
GOP opponent. “He doesn’t have an identity,” Matthews said of Scott. “People don’t really know who he is or what he stands for. He’s a series of regurgitated quotes, and literally, that’s it. He’s very empty. If you really look at what he says when he makes statements, they’re all regurgitated thoughts. There’s not an original thought found in it. Who is he? Nobody knows.” The single mother of five children aged 8 to 18 works as a planning engineer for Boeing. Matthews said it was a newspaper article about midterm elections that prompted her decision to run for office.
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A day at the beach
As summer winds down, vacationers squeeze in time in the sand, sun, surf
Nicole and Mike Bailey of Buffalo, N.Y., are vacationing in Beaufort and decided to take the day off from sight seeing and spend the day at Hunting Island State Park and just let the water wash over them Sunday afternoon.
Kevin Lewis, left, and his two sons – Adler, 6, center, and Keegan, 9 – do a little boogie boarding Sunday afternoon at Hunting Island State Park. Photos by Bob Sofaly/The Island News.
Wind got the best of a beach umbrella and blew it across the beach Sunday afternoon at Hunting Island State Park. An unidentified woman chased and caught it before it could become a problem.
County officials taken to task after camp limited to kids of county employees By Tony Kukulich Beaufort County officials are under fire for a decision to make a pilot summer camp program only available to the children of county employees, including the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, and the county’s elected officials. Further, a memo issued by the county’s Department of Parks and Recreation gave the appearance
that the county made an effort to keep the program under wraps and out of the public eye. A copy of that document was obtained by The Island News. “Since the program is not open to the public, we are doing our best to disguise it,” read the undated memo in part. The memo was written by Shannon Loper, the director of the De-
partment of Parks and Recreation, said Beaufort County Public Information Officer Chris Ophardt, who also reviewed it before it was released. “It was a poor choice of words,” said Ophardt. “It gave a bad perception. The intent wasn’t to hide the program from the general public. It
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The basketball court inside the Charles Lind Brown Center, formerly known as the Greene Street Gym, on Hamar Street in Beaufort. Bob Sofaly/The Island News.
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Public Facilities Committee unanimous in plan to expand Sea Island Parkway.
JPII volleyball continues hot start; next up: Beach and St. Vincent’s.
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