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Motherless on Mother’s Day

Motherless on Mother’s Day

It was a warm summer day in June, and I was high on wedding plans. With less than 48 hours until my walk down the aisle to say “I do” to the love of my life, I got the call that would shake the rafters of my soul. My mother has been gone now for more years than I knew...

A Note from Mayor Sulka: May 2022

A Note from Mayor Sulka: May 2022

Preserving Our Sense of Place The town is currently offering a Historic Preservation Grant Program to owners of “contributing resources” to the Old Town Bluffton Historic District to financially assist in the preservation, restoration, or rehabilitation of these...

A Note from Mayor McCann: May 2022

A Note from Mayor McCann: May 2022

Redistricting a Necessary Process for Island Wards & Neighborhoods In government, there are actions you are required to take for the benefit of the community. They may not always be exciting, but they are necessary. One such act is redistricting, the...

Friendship: Love that Lasts

Friendship: Love that Lasts

Most adults have a broad circle of acquaintances and a much smaller circle of close friends—you know, the ones who would drop everything to drive us to the airport or the hospital; the ones who show up with soup when we’re sick, Kleenex (and emergency hugs) when we’re...

Motherly Love

Motherly Love

Years ago, I used to joke that I was no one’s mother except the cat’s. That statement is no joke in that I have not carried a child in my womb, although I now have two stepdaughters, four grandsons and one granddaughter. I claim no blood relation to these charming,...

A Sky Full of Stars: Alliance Dance Academy’s celestial dance has created whole constellations that burn brighter than ever.

A Sky Full of Stars: Alliance Dance Academy’s celestial dance has created whole constellations that burn brighter than ever.

It’s not easy to make a star. In the cosmic sense, it’s a process of time and pressure, a cosmic ballet of swirling dust and gasses that coalesce into something dazzling. This can take millions of years, the forces of gravity coaxing this magnificent heavenly...