Karl Puckett

3 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Karl Puckett

John O’Toole, executive director of the Beaufort County Economic Development Corp., right, waits to speak at a Port Royal Town Council meeting Wednesday. Seated to his left is Brian Warner, a BCEDC economic development specialist. Karl Puckett [email protected] The town of Port Royal is planning to withhold its usual $42,000 annual contribution to the taxpayer-funded Beaufort Economic Development Corp.

3 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Karl Puckett

It’s not everyday you see workers in buckets — at night — suspended under a major bridge but that’s what is occurring in Port Royal this week. The rare sight is occurring at the Bell Bridge in Port Royal, the bridge that connects Port Royal with residential neighborhoods and commercial areas of Shell Point and the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Station Parris Island. The bridge doesn’t just transport vehicles across Battery Creek. Two 14-inch diameter water pipes also hang on each side of the bridge.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Karl Puckett

It’s not everyday you see workers in buckets — at night — suspended under a major bridge but that’s what is occurring in Port Royal this week. The rare sight is occurring at the Bell Bridge in Port Royal, the bridge that connects the town with residential neighborhoods and commercial areas of Shell Point and the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Station Parris Island on the other side of Battery Creek. The bridge doesn’t just transport vehicles. Two 14-inch diameter water pipes also hang on each side.

3 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Karl Puckett

“White boot warriors” — commercial fisherman known for their practical rubber boots — are returning to the sea in strong numbers this spring in search of white shrimp thanks to higher prices and lower input costs that have them cautiously optimistic for the first time in years as the general trawling season gets underway. “It’s a crowd,” Capt.

3 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Karl Puckett

You may want to avoid Boundary Street and Ribaut Road in Beaufort, one of the city’s busiest intersections. Monday morning traffic is more backed up than usual as the South Carolina Department of Transportation repairs a sinkhole. “Please use caution in the area and expect delays, use an alternate route,” Beaufort police said in an alert to the public late Monday morning. The sinkhole is on the southbound lanes of Boundary Street just before Ribaut Road.