The Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette is a daily newspaper covering the city of Beaufort, northern Beaufort County and surrounding areas of the Lowcountry.Tumblr (3.0; @beaufortgazette)http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062283/crime-reports-tuesday.html">Crime reports Tuesday</a>: <p>The following reports were released Monday by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Beaufort Police Department:</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701392http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701392Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:59 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062282/sc-schools-chief-zais-district.html">SC schools chief Zais: District on track, progress still to be made</a>: <p>Beaufort County schools officials got quizzed by the state’s education superintendent Monday about their efforts to improve academic performance, and heard some of his thoughts about incentive pay for teachers.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701325http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701325Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:59 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062441/shrimp-boat-slams-into-harbor.html">Shrimp boat slams into Harbor River Bridge</a>: <p>A shrimp boat rammed into the Harbor River Bridge on Monday night, causing the span to be closed for several hours to boat and car traffic.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700998http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700998Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062310/casino-backers-rebuffed-cut-off.html">Casino backers rebuffed, cut off at Hilton Head Republican luncheon</a>: <p>Hardeeville city manager Bob Nanni’s attempt to pitch a proposed casino complex in Jasper County to the Hilton Head Island First Monday Republican Lunch Group began inauspiciously and ended prematurely.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700997http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700997Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062323/developers-buy-extension-on-closing.html">Developers buy extension on closing Port of Port Royal deal</a>: <p>Developers said Monday their plans to buy the Port of Port Royal are on track, but they need to buy 30 more days to complete the deal.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700960http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652700960Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062440/county-council-considers-employee.html">County Council considers employee raises; debates tax hike</a>: <p>Beaufort County Council members seem to agree they want to increase county workers’ pay and grow the emergency reserve fund, but they disagreed Monday on whether a tax increase would be needed to reach those goals.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701006http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701006Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/08/2062163/hilton-head-island-woman-one-step.html">Hilton Head Island woman one step closer to being named PETA's 'sexiest vegetarian'</a>: <p>When growing up in Kansas City, Kan., the home of barbecue, Carmela Countz often gave the ribs her mom put on her plate to the family dog.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701291http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701291Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/08/2062550/eagles-edge-white-knoll-in-girls.html">Eagles edge White Knoll in girls soccer opener for program milestone</a>: <p>The celebration paused briefly Monday while officials tried to determine what they had seen.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701150http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701150Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/08/2062544/seahawks-score-by-the-bunch-blank.html">Seahawks score by the bunch, blank Socastee to open girls soccer playoffs</a>: <p>Ernie Suozzi is having a blast.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701300http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652701300Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:58 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/08/2062543/boys-soccer-playoff-preview-hhh.html">BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFF PREVIEW: HHH takes streak into opener</a>: <p>It was an adjustment period unlike any Wayne Quinlan had encountered before.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699170http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699170Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:54 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/08/2062541/prep-roundup-may-8-simonsen-leads.html">Prep Roundup, May 8: Simonsen leads Beaufort High at Lower State golf meet</a>: <p>From staff reports</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699117http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699117Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:54 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062307/yemassee-woman-dies-in-hampton.html">Yemassee woman dies in Hampton County crash</a>: <p>A 47-year-old Yemassee woman died Sunday after she lost control of her car on Secondary Road 17 in Hampton County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol and the county’s coroner.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699052http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699052Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:54 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062309/airport-expansion-may-force-hilton.html">Airport expansion may force Hilton Head charity to find new home</a>: <p>Deep Well officials are hustling to find a new location after learning last month their building is targeted for demolition to make way for a longer runway at the Hilton Head Island Airport.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699100http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652699100Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:54 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062377/chemical-in-ditch-in-sheldon-leads.html">Chemical in ditch in Sheldon leads to evacuation</a>: <p>Three Sheldon houses were evacuated Monday afternoon after firefighters discovered a chemical in a ditch.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652698821http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652698821Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:53 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2062308/boy-1-burned-in-party-mishap.html">Boy, 1, burned in party mishap</a>: <p>A 1-year-old boy received second- and third-degree burns after he fell into a fire pit of hot ashes during a birthday party Sunday, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652698795http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22652698795Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:53 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2061449/girls-teams-set-for-high-school.html">Girls teams set for high school soccer playoffs</a>: <p>Ernie Suozzi has been repeating himself all season. He said it before the year began, he echoed it again during region play and preached it once more entering the playoffs.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22572682026http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22572682026Mon, 07 May 2012 01:00:10 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/07/2059459/local-life-womens-leadership-council.html">Local Life: Women's Leadership Council ready to take on school dropout rate</a>: <p>Local women are getting excited about a new United Way of the Lowcountry education initiative that aims to improve student reading skills and ultimately decrease school dropout rates in Beaufort and Jasper counties.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22570847817http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22570847817Mon, 07 May 2012 00:20:05 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/06/2061389/photo-eighth-annual-yacht-hop.html">PHOTO: Eighth annual Yacht Hop benefits Hospice Care of the Lowcountry</a>: <p>Volunteer Linda McDonald watches as guests of the eighth annual Hospice Care of the Lowcountry’s Yacht Hop look over the silent auction table Sunday afternoon at the Harbor Town Yacht Basin. All proceeds from the evening benefited the organization’s patient-care programs.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22568764904http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22568764904Sun, 06 May 2012 23:40:06 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/06/2061387/photo-hilton-head-hospital-ceremony.html">PHOTO: Hilton Head Hospital ceremony celebrates lives of children</a>: <p>Lilly Friday, 5, and Hope Dobbelaere, 8, watch as a few remaining monarch butterlies awaken Sunday after a butterfly release during the Children’s Memorial Garden Annual Ceremony at Hilton Head Hospital. The ceremony is held in honor of children whose names are memorialized on personalized bricks in the garden.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22567630566http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22567630566Sun, 06 May 2012 23:20:09 -0400<a href="http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/05/06/2061380/new-rum-business-hopes-to-lift.html">New rum business hopes to lift Lowcountry spirits</a>: <p>Countless promises have been made over a bottle of rum. Not all have been kept.</p>http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22566417655http://beaufortgazette.tumblr.com/post/22566417655Sun, 06 May 2012 23:00:12 -0400