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‘He’s done’: Council upholds Greenway’s firing
Eric Greenway, former Beaufort County administrator, attends a special Beaufort County Council meeting on Sept. 11, 2023. Tony Kukulich/The Post And Courier
By Tony Kukulich The Post And Courier BEAUFORT — In the weeks WANT MORE? since Eric Greenway was fired from From Beaufort to Bluffton and his role as Beaufort County adminHilton Head, The Post and Courier istrator, county officials have ofcovers news impacting your fered little information about their community. Subscribe for more reasons for taking that action. local coverage at postandcourier. com/IslandNews. During a Sept. 11 special County Council meeting, it was revealed that Greenway was terminated for numerous alleged improprieties re- pany called Elementzal LLC. lated to hiring practices and to the Council members ultimately execution of a contract with a com- voted unanimously to uphold the
termination of Greenway's employment, making him ineligible for his pension. Greenway, who started with the county in 2018, contested his July 28 firing and, as is allowed by state law, requested a public hearing to make his case. His request made reasons for his firing a matter of public record. Also according to South Carolina law, Greenway's request allowed
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Council removes HBF seat from HRB From staff reports As it turns out, three weeks didn’t change anything. Just as it did at the first reading on August 22, the Beaufort City Council passed the second reading Tuesday, Sept. 12, to amend the city ordinance that gives the Historic Beaufort Foundation (HBF) the ability to recommend one of the five members of the Historical District Review Board (HRB). With no change from the first vote, the motion to strike the sentence from the city’s Code of Ordinances 10.7.3(a) carried 3-2 with Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray, Councilman Josh Scallate and Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFee voting to remove the sentence and Councilman Neil Lipsitz and Councilman Mitch Mitchell voting against. The sentence to be removed is the last sentence of this ordinance, which addresses the number and make-up of the HRB board members.
Boys Scouts from various troops in Beaufort helped carry some of the 50 American flags, donated by the Beaufort Exchange Club, with other civic clubs during the Patriot Day Observance on Monday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Bob Sofaly/The Island News
‘We can never forget’ Beaufort honors those lost on 9-11
Teri Maude, wife of the late Lt. Gen. Timothy Maude, U.S. Army, who was killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon in 2001, was the keynote speaker at the Patriot Day Observation on Monday. Bob Sofaly/ The Island News
By Bob Sofaly The Island News It’s been 22 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but Teri Maude remembers it like it happened yesterday. Maude was the keynote speaker during the Patriot Day Observance sponsored by the Beaufort Exchange Club on Monday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. About 100 people braved the report of bad weather coming and attended the annual observance originally started by the late Beaufort City Councilwoman Donnie Beer. Several Beaufort County first responders were honored at the end of event.
“I got a call from a friend who asked if I was watching the TV news,” Maude said about the start of her day on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “I turned on the TV and I watched the second jet crash into the second tower and knew this was no accident.” She said the network switched coverage to the Pentagon where a third jet had crashed into it. Then it quickly went back the Twin Towers coverage in New York City. Maude said she was brushing her teeth while getting ready to go to work and saw the wreckage at the Pentagon where her husband, Lt. Gen. Timothy
The HRB shall consist of 5 members with an interest, competence, or knowledge in historic preservation. All HRB members shall be residents of the city, own property in the city, or own or operate a business in the city. To the extent that such is available in the community, 2 members shall, be professionals in the disciplines of historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, history, architectural history, planning, archaeology, or related disciplines. Three of the members shall either live or own property in
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