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October 21, 1862. 4400 Union troops sail out of Hilton Head and up the Broad River. Their orders are simple: destroy the tracks and bridges of the Charleston to Savannah Railroad and land a hammer stroke to cripple the Confederate war effort. The next morning near Frampton Plantation, in what is now called Point South, they clash with a vastly outnumbered force of 675 Confederates. The Federals are held at bay until the Charleston Light Dragoons provide reinforcements.
As social affairs go, Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s winter fundraiser promises to be a ball. Some 50 elegant dinner parties have been planned all over town in some of the area’s finest homes.
Where does Tango Meet Classical? Where can you hear classical music with a distinct Spanish flair? The answer is right on Fripp Island when the Fripp Friends of Music starts off 2013 with the innovative pairing of Lopez & Tabor!
Blow the horns, throw the confetti and pop the cork on 2013 in sparkling style! A time for reflection as well as for reveling, the turning of the year provides an opportunity to look back with satisfaction and ahead with hope. 
“It’s good to stay hip to the current culinary trends, but it’s also really, really important to know your roots. Sometimes tried and true techniques are best. Sometimes simple is best – especially when you’re dealing with the kind of product I get all the time.” 
It’s always a pleasure to receive a note from a reader. (Well, almost always.) The email I received last week was no exception; the reader was quite engaging, even as she took me to task for what she called a “blatant untruth” in my last column.
The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina has just announced that Andrea Gannon as its new Vice President of Marketing, with responsibility for promoting all events at the Arts Center as well as the Center’s branding presence in the region and on the internet.
Local civic organizations are invited to compete in Grape Stomping & I Love Lucy Look-Alike contests for their favorite charity. 
It was January 1st, 2010. I called my neighbor, Amy Matthews, and said, “I don’t want to hear the word ‘no.’ Come on, we’re doing the Pelican Plunge.”
She did it her way, and we all took her lead. This 30-year-old pirouetted into Beaufort with not only the desire to teach dance, but the resolve to instill a love of the performing arts in the youth that call the Lowcountry home. And, as Deanna Kraszewski gives her last curtsy Saturday, she will certainly elicit a standing ovation from parents, grandparents, peers and friends, all of whom have benefited from her tenacity, strength and grace.Site Designed and Maintained by Vision Technology Management
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