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Yes, I’m getting married!
0Seems I’m the No. 1 topic of gossip this week and yes, I am getting married to fellow Island News Columnist Terry Sweeney (The Happy Winos). We met and fell in love 30 years ago in New York City, and [...]
Lowcountry Social Diary
Save the Date for Beaufort Beauties
0Last year, I attended about every single charity event in Beaufort and I can tell you hands down that the most laughs came from “Beaufort Beauties,” the event where prominent businessmen dress up as female beauty pageant contestants and compete [...]
Microbrew oyster roast a huge success
0By Lanier Laney In 2006, a small group of parents got together and decided to start a fundraiser to help fund necessary and important items for St. Peter’s Catholic School that were outside the normal budget. Examples at the time [...]
A look at the Beaufort Irish Festival
0It is said there are two types of people in the world: Those who are Irish and those who want to be Irish. At Friday night’s Gala Opening for the 5th Beaufort Irish Festival, everything was green and Gaelic. The [...]
Best of Bands, Brews & BBQ
0By Lanier Laney Wow, great job to the Bands, Brews & BBQ Committee: Worth Liipfert, Evy Trask, Jim Wolbrink, Dr. Linda Hawes, Logan Crowther, Barbara Tedder, Martha Lynn Webb, Vicki Verity, Kit Bruce and Janie Lackman. Janie was one of [...]
An era is quietly ending in Beaufort …
0By Lanier Laney How can you tell when one tide ends and another begins to come in or when the seasons just start to change? It’s subtle but you just know it’s happening, through a dozen little changes you start [...]
The 2012 Valentine Ball: Wow! What a Party!
0By Lanier Laney A big job well done goes to all the hardworking folks at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation and all the dinner hosts, committee members and donors of the fabulous silent auction items. All money raised at this [...]
Introducing Miss Diana Altamirano
0By Lanier Laney In Mexico, Spain and South America, the most prominent Hispanic families hold a Quinceañera celebration for their daughters when they turn 15. It’s the equivalent of American debutante parties where the daughters are “introduced” to society. I [...]
For the love of animals
0By Lanier Laney A great time was had by all at the 4th Annual Oyster Roast & BBQ for The Humane Association of the Lowcountry (HAL) who hosted their big annual fundraiser at Pleasant Point Clubhouse this past Saturday. People [...]
Arts fun-raiser channels spirit of Mardi Gras
0By Lanier Laney In support of ARTworks, Beaufort’s community arts center, Mardi Gras is the grand annual fundraiser that uses the strength of a squeezebox and the zing of the washboard to get supporters of the arts moving and grooving. [...]
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