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🌱 Beaufort's Veterans Day parade brings downtown street and bridge closures

Beaufort, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Beaufort's Veterans Day parade brings downtown street and bridge closures
  • Beaufort diaper drive more than doubles its goal for local families
  • Beaufort man dies in Lady's Island crash; driver faces DUI charge

Also on today's calendar: “Broadway by Candlelight” Auditions and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Peeks of sunshine, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 62 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Beaufort Co. to honor veterans with parades, ceremony. Here's your guide (islandpacket.com) — Beaufort's Veterans Day parade begins at 10 a.m. today at Beaufort National Cemetery, with downtown street closures and the Woods Memorial Bridge closed during the parade. Beaufort native and decorated Vietnam veteran Lt. Col. William Rivers “Skeet” Von Harten is grand marshal. The route follows Boundary and Bay streets, ending at Boundary and Bladen.
   

2. Junior Service League of Beaufort collects more than 25K diapers for local families (wtoc.com) — Local families will receive more than 25,000 diapers after the Junior Service League of Beaufort more than doubled its collection goal. The drive gathered donations in downtown Beaufort, Port Royal and Lady's Island through Oct. 31. The diapers will reach families through Beaufort County First Steps, the Deep Well Project and other local organizations.
   

3. Beaufort man killed in head-on collision, another charged with felony DUI (postandcourier.com) — James Wiggins, 76, of Beaufort died after a head-on collision on Lady's Island on Nov. 6. Highway Patrol says Bowen Bryant Hill, 19, crossed the center line on U.S. 21 near Kemmerlin Lane and struck Wiggins' vehicle. Hill faces a felony DUI resulting in death charge, and the investigation continues.
   

4. Help first responders reach 5,000-pound holiday food drive goal (whosonthemove.com) — Beaufort-area residents can help stock local food assistance programs by donating to the county’s first responder food drive through December 11. Organizers hope to collect more than 5,000 pounds for HELP of Beaufort and Bluffton Self Help. Unopened, unexpired nonperishable food can be dropped at the main collection site, 146 Lady’s Island Drive.
   

5. 5 American Towns So Charming Visitors Have Been Known to Cancel Their Return Flights (travelbinger.com) — Beaufort’s movie connections and historic waterfront earned it a place in a five-town travel roundup alongside Bar Harbor and Stowe. The feature highlights its roles in Forrest Gump and The Big Chill, then looks beyond the screen to the city’s founding in 1711 and nationally recognized historic downtown.
   

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  • Comcast Opens New Xfinity Store in Shreveport —Portia Akins Read on Patch
  • I have a full list of free meals business locations for all my veterans.
    Send me a message if you'd like the file. Some are already serving since yesterday. It's a PDF file so I can't post it here. (Nextdoor Shadow Moss)
  • The official grand opening has finally happened!
    Thank you to everyone who joined us in our soft opening first month. Who has their reservations for this week at Sfoglia Ristorante Italiano can… (Nextdoor Habersham)
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Server in Beaufort. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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