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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Whitehall (Well, almost…)

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History Whitehall Plantation was established around 1790 by English sea captain Daniel Hingston Bythewood. Originally comprising 700 acres, the plantation lands were used mainly for rice cultivation. With the arrival of Union troops in Beaufort in 1861, the property was seized from the Bythewood family. The family tried to gain possession of the plantation through […]

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MidCity Real Estate CEO To Speak At June 22 Whitehall Meeting

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Kirk Demetrops, president and founder of MidCity Real Estate Partners in Atlanta, has agreed to speak as part of the Whitehall Plantation information meeting on June 22. MidCity is in the process of acquiring the Whitehall parcel at the east end of the Woods Memorial Bridge, and is said to be considering development of residential

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Jim Hicks: Zoning Unique To Lady’s Island

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This column by Jim Hicks, appeared in the May 18 edition of The Island News. Reprinted here with permission. Lady’s Island was the first area of Beaufort County to implement the concept of Community Preservation zoning that was authorized by the 1997 Beaufort County Comprehensive Plan. The rationale for allowing certain areas that possessed unique

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Bill Rauch: Woods Bridge Crash Reminds Us There’s No Traffic Plan

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Last week a pick-up crashed on the Woods Bridge and knocked the bridge out for a day. As Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis likes to say: “When the Woods Bridge is down it’s chaos over here.” “Over here” is the Port Royal approach to the McTeer Bridge, the only way on and off the

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“Just Say No” To Creep Along Sea Island Parkway Says Former Planning Commission Chair

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The perspective below was authored by Jim Hicks, who for many years served as chairman of the Beaufort County Planning Commission and as a member of the Metropolitan Planning Commission. It appeared in the April 20 Edition of The Island News under the headline “Lady’s Island Is Rural In Nature,” and is published here in

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