Category: Opinion

This time last year, it seems that most of us were grateful just to be breathing after living through the previous nine months of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives forever. As we entered 2021, we believed that the...

Happy New Year Hilton Head Islanders! As we embark on this New Year, we look forward to many new opportunities. I would especially like to highlight our new strategic action plan, which Town Council adopted last month. This...

To the Editor: Recently, Hilton Head Hospital and Coastal Carolina Hospital were the only hospitals in the region to earn the grade of “A” in the Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. For those not familiar, this is a...

This New Year, what’s on your list of self-improvement? With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions. You...

I am eagerly looking forward to phase two of the 2021-2022 General Assembly starting Jan. 11. Over the past 12 months I have been enjoying my new role within the Labor, Commerce and Industry Standing Committee as well as the...

My first car was a 1971 Chevy Vega that I shared with my former husband. He paid $1,800 for it in 1975, as I recall, and was tickled to have it. It had a manual transmission, so I had to learn how to drive a stick. At some...

To the Editor: Have you thought about how in the Creator’s amazing design, all things are recycled? No waste! Everything gets reused, living and dead. All animal homes decompose, just like the animals themselves, to become other...

Neighbors share their special, memorable holiday traditions With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions. You...

Last spring I joined with three of my House colleagues from the Beaufort delegation – Shannon Erickson of Beaufort, and Weston Newton and Bill Herbkersman of Bluffton – to introduce three bills aimed at strengthening the...

Not long ago, on a mild evening, my husband Amos and I were sitting outside at a local establishment, enjoying cold beverages, chatting about life, and halfway listening to the musician across the deck. At one point, we perked...

The current hot topic among state legislators both here in South Carolina and across our nation is “redistricting.” I have received many questions from islanders who are curious about redistricting and how it affects us locally...

To the Editor: In October, I had the opportunity to tour Jarvis Creek Park with Sally Krebs, Sustainable Practices Coordinator for the Town of Hilton Head Island. Sponsored by the Nature Explorer Group of the Women’s Association...

Imagine you’re an artist; now, what will you create? With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain fun questions. You might...

Fall arrived officially Sept. 22. But the day before, the temperature at the Hummell Abode dropped enough to prompt the semi-annual Opening of the Windows. The ceremony allowed us to turn off the AC and take advantage of the...