• Beaufort County : Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head (http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/beaufort.htm)

Boating and Navigation

• Beaufort Sail & Power Squadron (http://www.usps.org/localusps/beaufort)
  

Cooking and Recipes
(http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/frogmore.htm)

• Frogmore Stew (Recipes and History)

• Benne (Sesame Seed) Cookies/Wafers (A Lowcountry favorite with West African origins) and Benne Candy
  

• Hoppin' John and Greens (For Good Luck on New Year's Day!)

• Okra Soup

• Oyster Dressing
  

• Red Rice

• Stewed Crabs (A recipe from 1847!)

• Sweet Potato Pie

• Sweet Potato Pone

Education

• Beaufort County School District (http://www.beaufort.k12.sc.us/district/). For School Board agenda and meeting notes, go to the School District Web site, and select "School Board" from the first menu (on the left). The next menu offers agendas and meetings (minutes are posted after approval votes, conducted at the following meeting).

• Beaufort County Library Homework Centers (http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/homework.htm) Free assistance for students at the Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island branch libraries.

• Private Schools, see Activities and Organizations

• Technical College of the Lowcounty (http://www.tclonline.org/)

• University of South Carolina at Beaufort (http://www.sc.edu/beaufort)

 

Government
		Government Officials Who Serve You • Federal • State • County • Municipal • (http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/officials.htm)
Guides to Local Government League of Women Voters of Northern Beaufort County Includes "Citizen's Handbook: Voting guide", "Register to Vote", organization/membership information and Internet links (the League is a nonpartisan political organization which encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.) (http://beaufortonline.com/lwvnbc)

Libraries

Media

• The Beaufort Gazette (Beaufort, SC) (http://www.beaufortgazette.com)

• Island Packet Newspaper (Hilton Head Island, SC) (http://www.islandpacket.com)

• Lowcountry Now Carolina Morning News on the Web (http://www.lowcountrynow.com)

• Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) (http://www.postandcourier.com)

• Savannah Morning News (http://www.savannahnow.com)

• South Carolina Daily Newspapers Select South Carolina from home page (http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm).

• WJWJ-TV Channel 16 [SCETV, Beaufort] (http://www.wjwj.org)

Military

• Parris Island (http://www.mcrdpi.usmc.mil) The web site of the Marine Corps Depot, with the facility's mission, history, recruit training (and Drill Instructor School), and personnel. Other features include visitor information, Eastern Recruiting Region, frequently asked questions, and other Marine links.

Museums

Click here.
http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/faqs.htm#Museums

Statistics
(See also General Information
Children and Young Adults, Statistics )

• South Carolina Health Statistics: the South Carolina Budget & Control Board, Office of Research Statistics (http://www.ors.state.sc.us/) and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (http://www.scdhec.net)Web sites.

• South Carolina Kids Count (http://www.sckidscount.org/glossary.asp)Online resource for demographic, economic and other statistical information about our state's children.
  

Tourism, Arts and Recreation

• Arts Council of Beaufort County (http://www.beaufortarts.com)Web site

• ArtsREACH (http://www.artsreach.org)The web site of Artistic Pursuits, Inc. is best known in the Beaufort community as the operators of the Shed Center for the Arts in downtown Port Royal. Learn more about arts programs in Beaufort County (and Artistic Pursuits’ comprehensive assessment of local cultural resources and needs and its arts economic impact study).

• Beaufort Online (http://www.beaufortonline.com)The many links for local information include: Beaufort Info Center / Beaufort Entertainment / Kids' Kaleidoscope / Military Rally-Point, with events, sports and community activities. Quick source for local weather & tides, too.

• BeaufortUSA (http://www.beaufortusa.com) "The tour guide for both Tourist and Resident, covers Beaufort sights to see and places to discover, fishing, shrimping, how to crab and more."

• The Blue Crab Home Page (http://www.blue-crab.net) A "sunken treasure" of links on many different levels, including sites for other kinds of crabs. Includes a professional directory.

• Hunting Island (http://huntingisland.com) Take a virtual tour of the state park on the site's interactive map.

• Lowcountry Guide (http://www.lowcountryguide.com) "A comprehensive resource directory for Hilton Head, South Carolina".

• Movies in Beaufort: When and Where (http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/film.htm)

• Sand Castle Central (http://www.sandcastlecentral.com/index.html) Photos, tips, tools, contests -- everything you need to make the best sand castle on the local beaches!

• South Carolina Beaches (http://www.surf-sun.com/south-carolina.html)

• Visitor Information and suggested local-interest sites from Beaufort County Council!
  (http://www.bcgov.net/Services/links.htm)

Weather, Tides and Currents

• Hurricane and Storm Tracking: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (http://hurricane.terrapin.com)
  The StormTrack system receives weather data from the National Weather Service via satellite, creating an entry for each tropical depression, storm, or hurricane when the NWS begins issuing advisories.

• Hurricanes (Prepared by the staff of Beaufort County Public Library) (http://www.bcgov.net/bftlib/hurricanes.htm).

• WWW Tide and Current Predictor (http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html#useastlower) Select specific regions or map for entire United States.

• Tidal Information Page (http://www.tides.info) Calculations from the present for up to 30 days in the future, by city.

• Weather Underground: Tropical Weather (http://www.wunderground.com/tropical)
  This Web site provides news on tropical storms/hurricanes as it breaks, with maps, reports, frequently-asked questions and software.

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