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Pictured are the front elevation, top, and a side elevation with a future addition, bottom left, and a side elevation without expansion of the proposed Lowcountry Montessori at a permanent facility in Port Royal, set to open in January 2015.

Montessori charter school on track to open this fall

Exactly one year after local parents and educators received permission to launch a new charter school in Beaufort County, its doors are set to open in August.

Crime & Public Safety

Bluffton Dollar General store robbed at gunpoint

Two men robbed the Dollar General Store in Bluffton at gunpoint Sunday, according to the Bluffton Police Department.

Sports

The Hilton Head Dixie Boys 14-under team won the state championship with a 9-8 comeback win over Mullins on Thursday in North Augusta. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Dargan Cherry, Jameson Rice, Cody Brigham, John Blackshire, John Burke, Cameron Bent, (back, left to right) Eric Ashdown, Michael Graupner, Alexander Morse, Boyce Koebler, Jacob Hussain, coach Mike Cherry, Collin Kaiser, Nathaniel Anderson, coach Bill Keen, coach Bryant Brigham.

Hilton Head looking for a different outcome this year at World Series

When the Hilton Head Dixie Boys baseball team takes the field in Bossier City, La., on Saturday, the players will do so with the past on their minds.

Living

Star Ye, of Augusta, Ga., left, and Fred Lanning, of Beaufort, center, take off at the start of the 5k flash mob in at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in Beaufort on July 26. The runs have also been held in New York and Charleston, and are fundraisers for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Flash mob gathers for impromptu 5K races in Beaufort

Your starting line is a row of bricks on a sidewalk next to a playground, a spot parkgoers will walk by, push strollers through, pause at while encouraging their young child to stop lollygagging.

Entertainment

Erik James of Riverview Charter School

Recommendation from 7-year-old Erik James of Port Royal: 'Freckle Juice'

Erik James, 7, of Riverview Charter School shares his thoughts on "Freckle Juice," by Judy Blume.

Opinion/Letters

District cannot win with graduation change

The Beaufort County School District is looking for a more efficient and guest-friendly schedule for its graduation ceremonies starting next spring.

Nation/World

r. Peter VanBeck sits July 2, 2014, at his St. Joseph, Mich., dental office. As a concert pianist, VanBeck performed with symphonies in the United States and Europe, and won numerous awards. At 31, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a dentist.

Concert pianist is all smiles in his new career

Dr. Peter VanBeck still works with his hands.

State

A storm cloud looms over Bluffton as seen from Buck Island Road the evening of July 28, 2014.

Much of Lowcountry on watch for severe thunderstorms

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a wide swath of the South Carolina Lowcountry.