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Keyserling hosting book signing at Saltus
The marker at the base of the Woods Memorial Bridge overlooking the Beaufort River was purchased and installed in 1966 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Beaufort Chapter which is named after Stephen Elliott, a Beaufort native and a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. The chapter was formed in 1910 in the home across from the marker. Photo by Mindy Lucas.
From staff reports City of Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling will waste no time after his latest term as mayor ends before embarking on his next journey. Keyserling Billy will conduct Keyserling a socially distanced book release party from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, on the terrace at Saltus River Grill, 802 Bay Street, where he will feature his book Sharing Common Ground: Promises Unfufilled But Not Forgotten. With the book, Keyserling’s seeks to create conversations among those of us who don’t talk to each other
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Beaufort wades into Confederate monument debate Guests attending city meeting said they weren’t in favor of removing monuments – instead they would like to add to them
Photo by Mindy Lucas.
Celebrate the Seasons City of Beaufort and USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts team up for outdoor holiday display By Mindy Lucas The City of Beaufort and USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts have teamed up for an educational holiday display featuring traditions from a variety of cultures. “Celebrate the Season” opened this week and will be in front of the Center for the Arts on Carteret Street for visitors to explore through Sunday, Dec. 13. The idea came about after the city had to cancel several of its major holiday events, in-
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By Mindy Lucas The City of Beaufort has waded into the debate over Confederate monuments and their place in public spaces. In the first of what will likely be many discussions, Beaufort City
Council took up the subject at its regular work session on Tuesday, Nov. 24 after city leaders received an inquiry into one such monument overlooking the Beaufort River. Historians at the meeting noted that while there are very few Civil
War monuments or plaques in Beaufort as compared with other cities such as Charleston or Savannah that played a larger role in the war, the city does have at least two monuments which prompted the discussion. One, on the grounds of the former Beaufort County Courthouse on Bay Street, was paid for and installed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) in 1957, according to Mary Somerville with the Beaufort
chapter of the UDC. Another, a marker honoring Stephen Elliott, a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army, was placed in Stephen Elliott park at the foot of Woods Memorial Bridge in 1966 by members of the chapter. The marker stands across the street from the home in which the UDC Beaufort chapter was founded in 1910.
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Final piece of Boundary Street project falls into place with purchase of Wendy’s
By Mindy Lucas Plans to purchase the last remaining parcel along a stretch of land in the Boundary Street redevelopment project are finally moving forward. Beaufort City Council gave approval at is recent meeting, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to purchase the Wendy’s on Boundary Street, after the restaurant chain agreed to an offer.
The City of Beaufort is moving forward with the purchase of the Wendy’s on Boundary Street after the fast food restaurant agreed to a sale price. The sale is one of the final steps in the Boundary Street Redevelopment Corridor Project which started in 2016. Photo by Mindy Lucas.
Negotiations and plans to purchase the property have been in the works since September of 2015, Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop said, when the city along with Beaufort County and the Beaufort County Open Land Trust agreed to put up funds to acquire a stretch of land along the marsh.
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