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Cocktail Party | Auction | Live Music by Frogmore Stu Food, Beer & Wine at The Tavern in Royal Pines
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March 23 at 6 pm ~ $35 per person Golfers receive one ticket to the cocktail party with their entry fee
Golf Tournament at Sanctuary Golf Course on Cat Island All proceeds benefit brain cancer research and local children battling cancer
March 24 at 12 noon ~ $125 per player
Evening of Entertainment CAPA's Dancing With Our Stars sells out, raising over $100,000
Team 6, Chris Maraffi and Karen Wyman of the Shagadelics, dance before the judges during the second annual. Dancing With the Stars on Saturday night, March 10, at the USCB Performing Arts Center. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
Right: Judges for the second annual Dancing With the Stars for CAPA are from left, Mike McFee, Nan Sutton, Cherimie Weatherford and Larry Hembree. Above: The coveted Judge’s Choice “mirrorball” trophies.
Boundary St., Day dock construction updates Here's an update on the recent construction around town from Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling. DAY DOCK CONSTRUCTION The Day Dock Construction is underway and on schedule. The safety and construction perimeter has been established and major excavations of ramp area are nearly complete. The impact to local businesses and operations appears to be less than expected. Operations at the A-Dock, H-Dock, Transient Dock, and Dinghy Dock are not affected. In short, the downtown area is open for business. O'Quinn Marine continues to prepare for the construction of the gangway area along the promenade. This work will continue through the second week in April. Between the second and fourth week in April, piles will be installed followed by the floats and ramp. During the pile-driving phase, some in the downtown district may hear the associated construction sounds, but the downtown area remains open for business and accessible to the public. Hours of pile driving will be between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Day Dock completion is expected no later than the third week in May. BOUNDARY STREET UPDATE The weather was not as agreeable as we would have liked this past week. Temperatures dipped below the threshold for optimal asphalt production for much of the week, resulting in lower productivity. This clearly demonstrates that despite the best plans, Mother Nature has the final word. Based on the projected lower temperatures this week, progress may be somewhat dampened. That said, the prime contractor along with our construction engineer continue to refine plans in order to ensure this project delivers as quickly as possible. Notwithstanding the weather, crews applied the final layer of asphalt to about 90% of the newly created Polk Street. CenturyLink began removing portions of their communications lines. Hargray reports that they will soon complete their service connections to various addresses and begin removing their lines. SCE&G reports continued progress even while sending some of the contracted workforce to address weather related outages in the Northeast. SCE&G reports converting about 50% of their customers to underground service so far. The project still anticipates removal of the poles and the remaining wires the third or fourth week of March. Landscaping and lighting continue to be installed. SCE&G Gas installed a new connection line in the vicinity of SC170 and Highway 21. As soon as that line is energized, they will demolish the older gas line. Removal of this line will not affect vehicle traffic through the area. The updated schedule of events are as follows: Construction, this week, will be occurring along the entire length of Boundary Street around the clock. Preparations for Boundary Street final paving begins at night with actual paving beginning as soon as the temperatures fall within acceptable standards. Polk Street will receive the final 400 feet of paving this week. Outside of the final patch on Polk Street, there will be no day time travel restrictions associated with paving. CenturyLink will continue to connect the last of their customers and remove overhead lines. Hargray reports they will soon follow suit. SCE&G will conduct bore operations to tie their lines in from North to South in the Vicinity of O'Reilly Auto Parts which will pave the way to completely convert customers from overhead to underground service. Please watch for crews removing overhead lines. The project remains on track for an end of the month completion.
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MARCH MAMMO MADNESS March is a great time for your annual mammogram. The Beaufort Memorial Breast Health Center team is here to help! PAGE A7
SWIM, BIKE, RUN Triathletes from all over competed in the 2018 Parris Island Triathlon. PAGE B1
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