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ONLY THREE SATURDAYS LEFT TO GET FREE ASSISTANCE AND ELECTRONIC FILING OF FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS. Assistance from AARP Foundations will be available on Daufuskie on Saturdays, March 23, April 6, and April 13. Make your appointment now by calling Pat Dempsey at 686-6270 as soon as possible to ensure there is help available. ************************* From Melrose on the Beach: Marsh Tacky Beach Races are on the agenda for the next DI Council meeting on Monday, March 18 from 5:30-6:30 at Mary Fields School. Attendees will have a chance to learn more about the races and get involved via volunteer, vendor or sponsorship opportunities. For more information about the races, please visit www.marshtackybeachracedaufuskie.com ************************* From the Daufuskie Crab Company: The Daufuskie Crab Company will be serving corned beef, cabbage, and red bliss potatoes for $9.95 on Saturday and Sunday from 11AM til 9PM. We will also have $4 Jameson shots available Saturday and Sun...

By TOM BARTON — tbarton@beaufortgazette.com Earth to Google: How come you can't find information about historic sites on Daufuskie Island? H.E. McCracken Middle School teacher Pam Davis asked the question after her husband took her on a tour of the island for her birthday. Davis was shocked by the dearth of online information about the tiny Sea Island that has been designated as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places because of its Gullah and Civil War history. "There was nothing on Google Earth," Davis said. "So I thought, 'What a perfect opportunity for a unique and engaging project for students to work on.' " Ninth-graders from Davis' Google applications class at H.E. McCracken in Bluffton are now about a month into a semester-long project, creating 3-D models of historic sites on Daufuskie Island to upload to Google Earth. The class traveled to Daufuskie on Feb. 25 to collect measurements, pictures and ...

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) - Students at a Bluffton middle school want to make sure the world knows about Daufuskie Island. The Beaufort Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/12GL261 ) that McCracken Middle School teacher Pam Davis noticed there wasn't much information about Daufuskie on Google Earth. So ninth-graders from her Google applications class are creating 3-D models of sites on the island they visited last month to later upload to Google Earth. The island is designated as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places because of its Gullah and Civil War history. The island may be best known as the location where novelist Pat Conroy once taught. He related his experiences in his memoir "The Water is Wide" which was later made into the film "Conrack." Information from: The Beaufort Gazette, http://www.beaufortgazette.com

The Osprey Cottage is now available at Bloody Point. Bloody Point is now accepting reservations for rooms at the Osprey Cottage as early as late Spring 2013! This Daufuskie-inspired boutique Cottage is just weeks from completion (photos coming soon!). Located at the heart of the Bloody Point Golf Club, the completely renovated seven-bedroom Osprey Cottage has spectacular views of the golf course, river, and resort amenities. The Cottage is situated steps from the Eagle’s Nest Restaurant, beachfront pool, tennis courts, world-class golf course, and miles of pristine beach. Each bedroom has its own entrance from the wrap-around Carolina porch. Guests also have access to a common Activity Room, complete with lounge seating, 55” high definition flat-screen TV, the Bloody Point Library, board games, and a wet bar. Rates listed below include daily cleaning and continental breakfast.* Bloody Point Accommodations Include: Beachfront Pool and Har-Tru Tennis Courts Golf on the Blo...

The Spring issue of the Front Porch is now available in print and online at www.thedaufuskiefrontporch.com

This picture makes me so sad. While the H.O.A. and the new owners have assured all of us that this is a top priority to repair the collapsed sea wall in Melrose, we all know the repair will be slow. This will take a ton of time and money to repair the sea wall, the golf course and re-nourish the beach properly. It will be a long, long battle with the State of South Carolina and a ton of money donated, borrowed and invested.