Port Royal News

The Beaufort County School District could get as much as $13.5 million more than last year from the state if changes included in the state Senate budget make it through the House and a conference committee.

The principal at Great Falls High School has been named the new principal at Beaufort High - a school coming off of a grade-changing controversy.

With construction complete on the J.E. McTeer Bridge, residents will have a new hurricane evacuation route from the Sea Islands to the mainland.

Agenda: Belfair clubhouse expansion; rock revetment for Haig Point Golf Club; bulkhead for lot 244 on Caravelle Lane in Riverbend; concept for Pecan Bay phase 1 in Port Royal; revisit concept for Tractor Supply Co.

Pauline Fyall of Port Royal will proudly remember her brother, Cpl. Vernon Robert Fyall, as she drives a car in his memory Monday in Beaufort's Memorial Day Parade.

If ever there were a department that Beaufort County needed to make sure was under strong, effective leadership, it is the Building Codes Department.

A Beaufort resident injured in a crash in February with a stolen Port Royal firetruck is suing the city and the town of Port Royal, alleging firefighters acted improperly when they left the truck running and unattended while responding to a medical call.

The May 20 article, "Hiring of building codes director questioned," made clear that Port Royal town manager Van Willis informed Beaufort County administrator Gary Kubic that the county had hired an individual who did not accurately represent his employment history.

Rubie M. Peeples, 88, of Port Royal died Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.

In an attempt to stop summer brain drain, the Wardle Family YMCA in Port Royal is working with the Beaufort County School District to offer free online reading and math programs.

Description: Jimmy Carroll brings his clean and clever tales to the Hilton Head Comedy Club in a return engagement.

Since opening in the fall, Beaufort's J.E. McTeer Bridge has become a gym of sorts, where people are getting a free workout along with a million-dollar view.

Zack Findlay, 20, of Beaufort, pleaded guilty to a violent 2011 Port Royal home invasion on the eve of his trial Monday.

A 20-year-old Beaufort man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for his role in a violent home invasion in Port Royal last summer.

It could be early June before the State Ports Authority can close the on-again off-again sale of its Port of Port Royal property near Beaufort.

Description: Dr. Trisha Etheridge of Family Medicine in Ridgeland will be the guest speaker at a health seminar focusing on caregiver support and resources available in the greater Jasper County area.

Two Beaufort County inspectors accused of accepting bribes in exchange for building permits are scheduled to appear in court June 29, according to the 14th Circuit Court's website.

The city of Beaufort is getting some spring cleaning done as its codes enforcement official turns up the heat on owners of unsightly properties.

Thank you to Tom Barton for his story "Mitchelville: A fight to preserve an American story" in Sunday's Island Packet.

All city of Beaufort planning charrette activities are at City Hall, 1911 Boundary St.