Daufuskie Island, South Carolina http://www.daufuskiesouthcarolina.com/

Please keep our special island in your prayers. Send money to our gofund me account or just come down with your chainsaw and help with the clean up.

Melrose on the Beach is getting a brand new management team to breath new life back into a great resort. The investor/owner group released this statement. As we continue to bring Melrose Resort back to its status as one of the finest resorts on the east coast, a major objective has been to partner with an established resort operations company. With great pleasure we announce our partnership with Century Resorts, a subsidiary of Century Golf Partners located in Dallas,Texas. Century Resorts will be responsible for all operations related to Melrose Resort including golf, food and beverage, and beach club operations. We are confident this collaboration will facilitate our efforts to help Melrose reach its full potential. The Century Resorts Melrose Management Team will be led by Gary Rosenberg. Gary is a principal at Century Resorts and has over 40 years experience in the hospitality and development business in world-class resorts. Formerly the COO of ClubCorp Resorts, Gary is no stran

Here is an update from the Daufuskie Island Front Porch News: Dear Front Porch Readers, Please note the following: From Melrose: Greetings from Melrose Resort, Please join us for a low country boil featuring music by Jon Bruner this Friday night at the Melrose Beach Club. And mark your calendars for our special Chefs Wine Dinner next Thursday. Great Menu - great wines - Two seatings, 6:15 and 8:00. Reservations recommended. Call 843-341-2640 for more details! ************************ From the Old Daufuskie Crab Company: Saturday October 10: Sound Of Motown starts at 1:00 Sunday October 11: Cranford Hollow starts at 2:00 Come join us for Great Food & Drink with the best sunset views on Daufuskie! We will have your favorite college football games on Saturday including The SEC channel and your favorite NFL games on Sunday! ************************* From the Daufuskie Island Council: Please join the Daufuskie Island Council of a public reading of the Daufuskie Is

Dear Front Porch Readers, Please note the following: From the Daufuskie Island Conservancy: All are invited to attend "Sea Turtles" presented by the Coastal Discovery Museum and members of the Daufuskie Island Turtle Team sponsored by the Daufuskie Island Conservancy on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 12:00-1:00pm at Melrose on the Beach - Island House. The event will be free of charge for Conservancy members and $5 for non-members. Lunch will be available at the Melrose Beach Club following the presentation. For more information contact: Jenny Hersch @ 413-717-2167. ************************* Greetings From Melrose! Join us Friday Night for special musical guest Cranford Hollow! We will be featuring our Oceanside Low Country Boil, and we will be joined by Tony Chase our guest bartender, who will be serving up some great drink specials featuring Daufuskie Rum! And Saturday night, local favorite Jon Bruner. Next week - back by popular demand - all you can eat Wednesday

Wednesday, May 6th join us for an all you can eat Fish Fry! Melrose on the Beach-Club is currently open Wednesday through Saturday, 11:30 am to 8:30 pm Our popular Beach Club and Bar is the perfect place for a great meal and your next special event. To make Reservations please call 843-341-2640. The Beach Club is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11:30am until 8:00pm. Every Wednesday join us for our “All You Can Eat” dinner specials.

From Melrose On The Beach: Greetings from Melrose Resort! Please join us Friday night for music from Positive Vibrations and our Oceanfront Low Country Boil and Oyster Roast , and remember, next Wednesday is all you can eat BBQ, call the Beach Club Restaurant for details! From the Daufuskie Island Conservancy: Saturday April 25 at 5:30pm EARTH DAY CELEBRATION Please join us at the Haig Point Clubhouse for our annual Earth Day fundraiser and to celebrate the Conservancy’s founders and 10th anniversary. Silent auction, cocktails, a special buffet dinner prepared by Chef Jim McLain, dancing to music of the 70's and a presentation: “Living in Our Coastal Kingdom”, by Tony Mills, Education Director of the LowCountry Institute and star of South Carolina Educational Television’s “Coastal Kingdom”. Adults $35, children under 6 are free and children 6-12 $12 Please contact Karen Opderbeck: karenopderbeck@gmail.com / 843-842-3456 for tickets and more information. Or click the RS

I want to thank the editor of the Daufuskie Island Front Porch Newspaper Paula Nickels for tirelessly keeping everyone updated on DI News: Announcements and Reminders from the Daufuskie Island Front Porch Daufuskie Island Front Porch Dear Front Porch Readers, Please note the following: From the First Union African Baptist Church: Join us this Sunday for special musical guest Bill Alston and the preaching of Pastor Clarence Edmondson. And then come down to the Mary Fields School following the service for a pot-luck fellowship meal. *************************** From Melrose: Greetings from Melrose! Join us tomorrow (weather permitting) for Bingo Bango Bongo at the Melrose Golf Club - call 843-422-6963 for details. Next Wednesday is All You Can Eat Crablegs at the Melrose Beach Club! Friday Night Oceanfront Low Country Boil and Oyster Roast is back - starting Friday April 3rd, live music by La Bodega!And remember to join us for Easter Brunch - 11-3 on Easter Sunday, Apri

Intriguing, romantic, mysterious, unspoiled these are words often used to describe Daufuskie, a remote two and one half by five mile island situated on the east Atlantic coast between Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and Tybee Island, Georgia. Daufuskie's natural beauty and rich history have been the inspiration for many artist, writers and tourists. Without a bridge to the mainland, Daufuskie is accessible only by passenger ferry or private boat. Located at the southernmost tip of South Carolina, Hilton Head is its closest neighbor with travel time between the two ranging from 15 to 45 minutes depending on the location of the embarkation ports. Savannah, Georgia, another historic city, is located south of the island, approximately an hour away by water.     Visitors to Daufuskie won't find a traffic light, a bank, a drive-through restaurant, or a drugstore. Instead they encounter a magnificent display of n