Staying afloat
TWO LOCAL EXPERTS GIVE US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY Story by Michaela Satterfield + Photos by Megan Goheen Tales from the shrimp industry as told through the …
5-Minute History: A trawling tradition
THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF LOWCOUNTRY SHRIMPING Story by Richard Thomas + Illustrations by Carly Schultz Though the visibility of oysters on the low-tide mounds of area creeks, or in the …
Legends of the trawl
ART INSPIRED BY THE LOWCOUNTRY’S MAJESTIC SHRIMP BOATS Each morning during shrimp season, hard-working crews on trawlers floating just off the coast fill their massive nets with some of the …
Did the early Europeans first settle here?
BEAUFORT MAN SPENDS EIGHT YEARS ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. Before Daryl Ferguson retired in Beaufort, he led an exciting career as president of a Fortune 500 company. But his life got …
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Once upon a time in Bluffton
THE HUMMEL FAMILY’S WOODSTOCK MOMENT By Carolyn Males April 2006-June 2008 Art Boy is in deep trouble. Again. The left side of the wooden platform stage is shaking. The crowd …
Creative conversations: Fine art meets culinary artistry at Culinary Institute of the South
By Carolyn Males Chef Jeff Hollenbeck picked up a whisk. He’d been seized with an unusual inspiration – one that involved a very different kind of artistry. That evening at …
Roy Austin’s Libraries for Kids
BRINGING BOOKD TO RURAL KENYA Story by Carolyn Males The five-week trip had been the dream of a lifetime for Bluffton’s Roy Austin, and he’d done it all. He’d seen …
Sister cities
A TALE OF TWO THOUSAND TWIN TOWNS Story by Carmen Hawkins Dececco In January 1931 Toledo, Ohio, signed a “Twinning” agreement with Toledo, Spain. Eighty-eight years later, in June 2019, …
Dean St. Hillaire: Reggae, calypso, and jazz musician
By Carolyn Males + Photos by Mike Ritterbeck As we sit at a café on Skull Creek, Dean St. Hillaire is tapping out a reggae rhythm on the tabletop. For …
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Enter laughing: Mr. Puppet Bob Abdou
Story + Photos by Carolyn Males I’m no more than ten steps into puppeteer Bob Abdou’s house when he asks, “Would you like to play pinball?” You see, I’ve come …
