Daufuskie Island News

What: Public hearing on a permit application to alter a critical area to build a 936-foot private dock on Daufuskie Island When: 6 p.m. today Where: The state Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management office, 104 Parker Drive, Beaufort Details: The state will accept public comments for about another two weeks after the hearing.

A school of fish can help people get the medical care they need this Christmas season.

Join us Sat, January 30 at 1pm as we host Roger Pinckney, local novelist and sports writer for a lecture and book signing featuring his latest novel, Reefer Moon.

Dec. 2, 2009--The fate of the bankrupt Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa should be clear by the end of the year, a spokesman for the trustee overseeing the case said Tuesday.

On view through Jan. 10, 2010 $9/adults, $5/children , free/under 6, $7/seniors, students, and military Gibbes Museum of Art 135 Meeting St.

About 250 people feasted Sunday during Daufuskie Island's 13th annual community potluck dinner before Thanksgiving, according to the dinner's founder, John Wampler.

When Laura Winholt started the Daufuskie Island Feral Cat Project three years ago, she didn't know if her plan to trap, spay or neuter, and release the animals and manage their colonies would help reduce their population.

Eligible users include Daufuskie Island residents, property owners, students, seniors and renters.

Daufuskie Island residents and property owners will elect a nine-member council in February to serve as a liaison between local, state and federal governments, residents said Monday.

Elsewhere, golf carts are used primarily on golf courses. Here, they're almost everywhere.

Miller, 44, and Auckerman, 54, co-owners, Bliss Accessories & Gifts, 4345 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.

The Gibbes Museum of Art is teaming up with the Center for Women in November for the Women in Art lecture series.

Happy weekend-before-Halloween. Get out there and have some spooky fun. The event everyone is buzzing about is the Skinful Halloween Party .

MY HUSBAND, Weller, and I recently returned from a trip to South Carolina's Gullah country.

Sixth-generation native Daufuskie Islander Sallie Ann Robinson, author of two Gullah cookbooks, is passionate about preserving the nature and history of her island home.

We just cracked open a new oyster season here in the Lowcountry. And rice never goes out of season.

The bankrupt Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa has at least one qualified potential buyer.

Call it a book-signing with a Lowcountry twist. To Roger Pinckney of Daufuskie Island, the events where he rolls out his new novel -- "Reefer Moon" -- are "throw-downs." That means live music on a Lowcountry dock, adult beverages and souvenir T-shirts and baseball caps are a bigger part of the gig than readings.

To learn more on the Beach Sweep/River Sweep cleanups today from 9 a.m. to noon, call: Harbor Island -- Fran Nolan at 843-838-4878 Hunting Island -- Karen Whitehead at 843-838-7627 Fripp Island -- Collins Strickland at 843-706-4593 Bluffton Beach, All Joy, Pinckney Island, Coligny and Islander beaches -- Phyllis Neville at 843-681-3646 Daufuskie ...

Before the recession, booming growth helped Beaufort County's fire districts generate enough tax revenues to fund their operations.