AAA recently awarded Four Diamond ratings to 37 hotels and restaurants in South Carolina, including nine in Beaufort County. (More)

The next Business After Hours event sponsored by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island. (More)

Resident Kimberly Seipel-Parks, a certified professional services marketer, has opened Silversalt in Beaufort. (More)

Bargain hunters packed brick-and-mortar retail stores during Black Friday weekend, but nearly 85 million Americans were expected to let their fingers do the shopping Monday when online retailers offered their own blowout deals, according to estimates from the National Retail Federation. (More)

In more than 200 years of life, The Anchorage on Bay Street has been a home to dignitaries, a hotel annex and a guest house. Its latest incarnation - a gourmet Southern restaurant and event space - opens today. (More)

The city of Beaufort and town of Port Royal have jointly invested $25,000 into a seasonal marketing effort aimed at luring holiday shoppers from North Carolina to Georgia into local businesses -- but they also are looking for business owners to contribute money to the project. (More)

The face behind Main Street Beaufort, USA will change in December when current executive director Joy Hardy Locke leaves the position to teach speech at the Technical College of the Lowcountry. (More)

The Beaufort-Port Royal Convention & Visitors Bureau has named Elizabeth O'Brien executive director, according to a news release. (More)

Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., an engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm, moved project engineer Jennifer Bihl to its Beaufort office. (More)

Recognizing tighter economic times, the Lowcountry and Resort Island Tourism Commission will begin to target tourists from a tighter geographic circle. (More)

Total revenues at Beaufort Memorial Hospital were $532,312 lower than expected in July, leading to a loss of $596,569 for the month, according to its August financial report to the board of trustees. (More)

The U.S. Small Business Administration South Carolina District Office is accepting nominations for the 2009 Small Business Awards. Awards include: (More)

The American Chamber of Commerce Executives has announced the top sales professionals of the 2007-08 fiscal year. (More)

JP's Place appears to have shut its doors in Shell Point Plaza. (More)

Beaufort-based novelty snack-maker The TeeZel Co. inked a deal for golf legend Arnold Palmer's image to appear on packages of TeeZels golf tee-shaped pretzels and other tee-shaped snacks. (More)

The former location of La Hacienda on Boundary Street will reopen in about two weeks as San Jose Mexican Restaurant, adding to the San Jose location on Lady's Island. Taco Burger in Port Royal also is part of the San Jose chain, which has more than 15 restaurants throughout South Carolina. (More)

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Priscilla Butler moved to Beaufort from Philadelphia in January, and she brought the authentic taste of Philly cheesesteaks with her. (More)

Paul Cole of Port Royal-based The Home Design Company won both 1st and 2nd place in the American Residential Design Awards competition in the published plans 2,500-to-3,500-square-foot category, which were awarded in Kansas City, Mo., in late July at the 58th Annual National Convention of the American Institute of Building Design. (More)

A new gift shop has opened inside Keyserling Cancer Center offering a variety of gifts and items geared to cancer patients, their caregivers and the community. "We wanted to provide our patients and their caregivers quick and easy access to items they would find useful," said gift shop manager James McMahon. "We hope this becomes a convenient resource for the entire community." (More)

TAB LowCountry, franchisee-owner and operator of The Alternative Board in Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Savannah, recently doubled its territory with the purchase of the TAB Greater Charleston franchise. (More)

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce has named the 24th Leadership Beaufort Class. Leadership Beaufort connects participants with prominent leaders as part of a 10-month program. It will run until May 2009. (More)

The Lowcountry Job Fair Committee is looking for businesses to participate in its upcoming job fair for Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton and Allendale counties from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 9 at the S.C. Army National Guard's Beaufort Readiness Center. (More)

Lowcountry Young Professionals is seeking mentors for a new mentoring program. (More)

Production crews will be in town today to shoot footage of a Lady's Island community that will be featured in a Travel Channel segment dealing with mixed-use communities. (More)