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SEPTEMBER 29–OCTOBER 5, 2022 WWW.YOURISLANDNEWS.COM
PRESORTED PERMIT NO. 97 BEAUFORT, SC 29902
COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY
Hurricane Ian expected to bring rain, storm surge to Beaufort County By Tony Kukulich As Hurricane Ian churned over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tropical storm watch and a storm surge watch for the southeast coast of South Carolina and the northeast coast of Georgia. Late Tuesday night, the tropical storm watch was upgraded to a tropical storm warning.
Beaufort County could see 4 to 8 inches of rain between Wednesday and Sunday spurred by the storm. The NWS said that life-threatening rip currents off the coast are likely along with large breaking waves measuring 5 to 8 feet tall. “Coastal flooding and storm surge will be another significant impact from Ian,” said Frank Strait, severe weather liaison for the South Carolina Department of Natural Re-
sources. “The gusty northeast winds from Thursday into Friday from Ian and the strong northerly winds will cause coastal flooding around high tide on Thursday and Friday along our coast.” According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), a storm surge watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, in the indicated locations
during the next 48 hours. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions – sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph – are expected within 36 hours. Ian made landfall in Cuba Tuesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane, and strengthened overnight to a Category 4 storm on the Saf-
fir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Maximum sustained winds have been measured at 155 mph. A bulletin issued by the NHC at 8 a.m. Wednesday said, “Ian is forecast to make landfall on the west coast of Florida as a catastrophic hurricane. Weakening is expected after landfall.” As of press time, the path that
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After 23 years as the owner of The Front Porch, a selfdescribed upscale consignment shop in Tidewatch business park on Lady’s Island, Candice Thomas is calling it quits and selling the store to Will and Waynette Payne of Beaufort. Bob Sofaly/The Island News
Mike McFee, candidate for City Council, speaks at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Old Commons Neighborhood Association. Mike McCombs/The Island News
In their own words A 1st look at the 5 City Council candidates By Mike McCombs and Dylan McCombs Earlier this month, the five candidates on the ballot for two Beaufort City Council seats were invited to speak and answer questions at the September meeting of the Old Commons Neighborhood Association. The first floor of the Wesley United Methodist Church's Education Building on Duke Street was packed Sept. 15 with Beaufort citizens who wanted to know what these five people were all about. With a guarantee that the 6 p.m. meeting would turn to other matters prior to 7 p.m., … a promise that was kept ... these candidates each had a few minutes to speak to who they were in their own words. Here are some of their thoughts, edited for length. The candidates are listed in the order they spoke to the room. Mike McFee McFee, 63, was first elected to City Council in November 2008 and was
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‘It just kind of all came together’ Longtime owners sell consignment business to Beaufort couple
By Tony Kukulich
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fter managing The Front Porch, a high-end furniture consignment shop, for 23 years, Candice and Jim Thomas have decided it’s time for retirement. Fans of the business located at 206 Sea Island Parkway on Lady’s Island need not be concerned as The Front
Porch will continue to operate much in the way it has for the past two decades. Longtime Beaufort residents Waynette and Will Payne will take over the business in early October after having purchased it from Candice and Jim. Candice has been the face of The Front Porch for its entire existence up to this point, though she never had any
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intentions of running a retail business. She and Jim were living in Charlotte where she worked for an international real estate development company, and Jim ran his own printing business. The couple frequently vacationed at a Beaufort County beach house owned
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