🌱 How Bluffton’s free clinic is expanding care for uninsured neighbors

Good morning to you Bluffton! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Bluffton’s free clinic is expanding care for uninsured neighbors
• Bluffton mourns mariner lost in deadly dredge engine-room fire

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 56 and low of 39 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 59, low: 52.
• Thursday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 63 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lowcountry nonprofit offers free medical care to the uninsured (postandcourier.com) — Uninsured Bluffton residents can receive free primary and specialty care through Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine, which now operates permanent clinics in Bluffton and Ridgeland. The nonprofit relies on weekly volunteers to serve thousands of patients, offering everything from cardiology to mental health services and partnering with community providers when needed. As the holidays near, the team is focused on strengthening programs and continuing care.
   

• San Rafael Dredge Horror: Routine Fix Cited In Fire That Killed Mariner (hoodline.com) — A Bluffton-based marine engineer, Daniel Fults IV, died after an engine-room fire aboard the dredge Stuyvesant near Jacksonville, prompting federal investigators to call for stricter post-maintenance safety checks. The report details how a missed step during generator work led to the blaze and outlines new procedures now being implemented across Dutra Group vessels to prevent similar tragedies.
   

📸 Around Bluffton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bluffton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Bluffton Farmers Market
  Martin Family Park, 68 Boundary St, Bluffton
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Senior Wednesday
  Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce , 36 Cecil Reynolds Drive , Bluffton
• Development Review Committee Meeting
  Bluffton, SC Calendar , 20 Bridge Street , Bluffton
  1:00 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting
  Bluffton, SC Calendar , 20 Bridge Street , Bluffton
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• The Bridge Collective Market
  Bluffton, SC Calendar Bluffton, SC 29910
  12:00 pm
• Ribbon Cutting Celebration for Trilera Wellness Ministries
  Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce , 29 Plantation Park Drive, Suite 703 , Bluffton
  4:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Southern Barrel Community Discount
  Southern Barrel Brewing Co. , 375 Buckwalter Place Blvd , Bluffton
• Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting
  Bluffton, SC Calendar , 20 Bridge Street , Bluffton
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Hilton Head Island Farmers Market
  Coastal Discovery Museum , 70 Honey Horn Dr , Hilton Head Island
  9:00 am

Wednesday December 17

• Zoning Board of Appeals
  City Hall , 1911 Boundary Street , Beaufort
  5:30 pm
• Santa Riding Through Port Royal
  Port Royal, SC Calendar Port Royal, SC 29935
  6:00 pm
• An Evening of Comedy & Magic with Kerry Pollock
  Comedy Magic Cabaret , 843 William Hilton Pkwy , Hilton Head Island
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Winter Freeze.
  23° F is not the normal temperature around here. However, the temperature is not unusual. Below listed are a few tips to help you through the next… (Nextdoor The Haven)
• A big Thanks to my neighbors in the Haven for your donations to the after school food and snack drive for Bluffton Self Help.
  The combined effort with other communities benefited 47 families. In addition, these families were also given $25 gift cards. It is truly a season… (Nextdoor The Haven)

• Caris Healthcare, L.P. posted a job opening for Housekeeping 7am-3:30 pm in Bluffton. Apply here.
• Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitor in Bluffton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bluffton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hardeeville

• 114 Alder Lane, Hardeeville, SC 29927 (golfcoursehome.com)
• Hilton Head, Hardeeville exits to improve in I-95 widening. Here are the plans (thestate.com)
• Jasper and Beaufort Counties open cold weather shelters ahead of freeze (wtoc.com)

Hilton Head Island

• Man tried to sexually assault woman inside Hilton Head Walmart bathroom, investigators say (wyff4.com)

Port Royal

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-- The Patch AM Team

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