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Low Tide Brewing on Johns Island was Joe Cunningham's first stop on a "Cunningham Brewery Tour" on Thursday July 26, 2018 in his campaign for congress. Wade Spees/Staff Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington turns to former congressman Tommy Hartnett as she expresses gratitude for his work during a 1st Congressional Honorees Banquet at Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant on Thursday, August 16, 2018.
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce's request, its timing and the amount approved by the Town of Hilton Head Island are likely fully justifiable, legitimate and authorized under existing 1990-era procedures. But it just doesn't smell right.
DeAnn Komanecky/Bluffton Today Alex Brown Jr. speaks during 'Creating a Beloved Community: A Conversation on Race Relations," hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday at Campbell Chapel AME Church. DeAnn Komanecky/Bluffton Today An audience member speaks during 'Creating a Beloved Community: A Conversation on Race Relations," hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday at Campbell Chapel AME Church.
Count us among those who hope President Barack Obama will designate a national monument to Reconstruction in Beaufort County before the end of his term. Reconstruction often gets relatively little attention compared to the Civil War that preceded it and "has long been misunderstood," notable historian Eric Foner has written.
One of the first orders of business for the Chatham County Commission in the new year, or sooner, is to enact a local ordinance that gives clear legal responsibility for storm debris clean-up to the county government. The lack of such an ordinance, according to U.S. Rep Buddy Carter and others, has apparently been a stumbling block in getting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse Chatham County for clearing storm debris from inside gated communities.