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Reality Check: When does a Beaufort Council email exchange become a public meeting?
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 1 hour ago“Everything I do should be subject to people,” Council Member Tom Reitz told the Island Packet and ...
Student with gun in backpack stopped on Beaufort High campus Wednesday, police say
Island Packet· 4 hours agoA Beaufort High resource officer stopped a man on the school’s campus Wednesday morning and found a gun in his backpack, according to a spokesperson for the Beaufort Police Department. Master ...
4 Bluffton police officers placed on paid leave pending SLED investigation of misconduct
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 5 days agoBluffton’s Chief of Police Joseph Babkiewicz initiated the investigation May 9, he told The Island...
Traffic alert: Woods Memorial Bridge closed Thursday for an ‘undetermined amount of time’
Island Packet· 6 days agoUpdate: The bridge was reopened to vehicle traffic around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Woods Memorial Bridge was closed to traffic for maintenance around 10 a.m. Thursday “for an undetermined amount ...
4 Bluffton Police Department members placed on administrative leave pending investigations
The Post and Courier· 5 days agoPolice Chief Joseph Babkiewicz placed four members of his department on paid administrative leave...
Hilton Head passes ordinance to remove unsightly and unsafe abandoned boats
Island Packet· 2 hours agoFrom Hilton Head Island’s shoreline, looking out onto Skull Creek, gulls ride the same sea breeze that lightly ripples the channel. The abandoned boat has been there for months. As of Tuesday ...
Lawsuit alleges driver who hit ‘Low Country Chef’ was distracted; she denies that claim
Island Packet· 2 days agoThe family of the well-known “Low Country Chef” who died two weeks after a car struck his motorized wheelchair has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the driver was negligent because she ...
4 Bluffton men and 1 Hilton Head man in jail following drug bust near elementary school
Island Packet· 2 days agoBeaufort County Sheriff’s Office and Bluffton Police Department officers arrested four Bluffton men and one Hilton Head man following a months-long investigation into the sale and distribution ...
Should schools ban cell phones? Beaufort County considers limits during class
Island Packet· 2 days agoNext year Beaufort County students might not be allowed to have cell phones while being taught, with the potential for a complete ban based on the state budget. In a step toward anti-cell phone ...
‘It’s way worse emotionally:’ Daufuskie businesses take financial hit after ferry switch
Island Packet· 5 days agoWith Hilton Head Island’s busy season approaching, Stewart Yarborough is worried. The steady stream of visitors who normally make the day trip to Daufuskie Island has tapered, and two of his ...