February 23, 2009

Will Stumbling Economy Trip Up Verizon Heritage?

if you can spare 100 cars for a week in mid-April, the Verizon Heritage could use your help.  General Motors has advised the PGA tournament directors they would not provide courtesy cars for this year’s event.


February 18, 2009

Who Need A Groundhog?  Tiki Hut Tells Us When Spring Is Near

Punxsutawney Phil mey have predicted six more weeks of winter when the groundhog lift his Pennsylvania den, but Hilton Head Island’s harbinger of spring says otherwise.  The Tiki Hut opened Friday.


February 17, 2009

Some Parking At Savannah Airport To Be Closed For Construction

Some areas of the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport parking garage will be closed beginning Tuesday.


February 16, 2009

Salt Contamination Issue Spreading From Hilton Head To Bluffton

As salt water continues to contaminate wells on Hilton Head Island, some worry nearby Bluffton and other parts of Beaufort County face the same fate.


February 06, 2009

Madoff Scam List Includes Beaufort County Names

Several thousand clients lost money investing with Bernard Madoff…including many in Hilton Head and Beaufort County.


January 27, 2009

Web Site Helps Seniors Understand Benefits

What happens when the retirement money is gone and you can’t pay for necessities like medical care and housing?  One place to look for answers is the National Council on Aging’s site, BenefitsCheckUp.org. 


January 26, 2009

HHI To Entice High-Tech Businesses And Corporate Headquarters

Hilton Head Island primarily has produced two things for the last half-century:  “Relaxation and good times,“ Mayor Tom Peeples said. “That’s all we’ve ever made here.“  That may change if the town succeeds in its quest to attract more high-tech development and corporate headquarters to diversify the island’s economy. 


January 23, 2009

Hilton Head Fire Division May Turn Down $1M Federal Grant

Almost a million dollars is hard to turn down, but that’s exactly what the town of Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue Division might do.


January 22, 2009

Get Bundled Up For Island Snow Day

The Island Recreation Association will host Hilton Head Snow Day from 11am to 4pm Saturday at Shelter Cove Community Park.


January 12, 2009

County’s Building Permits Drop To 8-Year Low

In 2008, new home construction in Beaufort County slipped to its lowerst level since at least 2000, according to an analysis of permitting statistics.  The crop of 1,065 permist for new single-family housing units in 2008 was only about a third as many as the county’s total in 206, which was 3,102. 


January 01, 2009

Time Warner And Viacom Reach Deal

Time Warner Cable Inc. said Wednesday it reached a last-minute deal with Viacom Inc. on carriage fees, avoiding a blackout of 19 cable channels including MTV and Comedy Central.  Had an agreement not been reached, cable subscribers in the Lowcountry would have lost almost 2 dozen channels.

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