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Saturday, November 7, 2026

Food Lion opens Wednesday and the swing bridge closes today

Plus, a Paris Avenue closure in Port Royal and free lung cancer screenings in Bluffton.

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Food Lion

If you've missed Food Lion on the island, it's back almost 15 years after it shuttered its last store here. The 41,000-square-foot grocery opens Wed., Nov. 11, at 93 Mathews Drive in the former Sam's Club, after a 7:45 a.m. ribbon-cutting. Hilton Head Island Packet

Food Lion's island return opens Wednesday

41,000
square feet in the former Sam's Club
7:45 a.m.
ribbon-cutting on Wed., Nov. 11
100
first customers get giveaways and prizes

Source: Hilton Head Island Packet

Primary care

Marshview Primary Care, which relocated from Bluffton this fall, and a second Beaufort Memorial Concierge Care site are now open at 100 Exchange Street, Suite 200. The concierge program is membership-based. Bluffton Today

Veterans Day

Wed., Nov. 11 brings parades in Beaufort and Bluffton, ceremonies in Hardeeville and on Hilton Head Island, and a meal for veterans and active-duty service members at Blackstone's Cafe. Jasper County adds a veterans appreciation Lowcountry boil Sat., Nov. 14. The Island News

Botanica

The opens "Botanica, Contemporary Views From Nature" on Nov. 11. It brings together 17 contemporary artists and runs through March 30, 2027. Post and Courier

Football

Hilton Head Island beat Beaufort 49-12 on Fri., Oct. 30, at Eagles Stadium. May River beat Bluffton 33-19 the same week. The Island News

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Swing bridge

The Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge on Business U.S. 21 closes today from 7:15 to 9:45 a.m. for the Run 5K, SCDOT said. Cars, trucks and boats can't cross during the closure. Hilton Head Island Packet

Beaufort's swing bridge closes for about three hours today

Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge on Business U.S. 21, Beaufort

Midnight6 a.m.Noon6 p.m.7:15 a.m.to 9:45 a.m.
  • 7:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.Bridge closed to cars, trucks and boats
Date
Saturday, Nov. 7
Reason
2026 Swing Bridge Run 5K

Source: Hilton Head Island Packet

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WhenWhat
7:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.Bridge closed to cars, trucks and boats
DateSaturday, Nov. 7
Reason2026 Swing Bridge Run 5K

Paris Avenue

Port Royal will close Paris Avenue from the Parker's gas station at Ribaut Road to Coast Roast Coffee, Sun., Nov. 8, to Wed., Nov. 11. The closure is for finishing touches on the $16 million Paris Avenue Streetscape Project. Hilton Head Island Packet

Lung screenings

St. Joseph's/Candler is offering free lung cancer screenings Sat., Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon at its Imaging Center at 10-A Oak Forest Rd., Bluffton. Appointments are limited; call 912-819-7515 to schedule. WSAV-TV

Novant payroll

Novant Health apologized Friday to its 40,000 employees after a technology issue kept workers from getting paid on time. The company switched to a new payroll distribution vendor in October. Hilton Head Island Packet

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Fourth and fifth graders at Hardeeville Elementary just got to play landscape architect. They researched native South Carolina plants, measured the campus courtyard and built scale models for a new outdoor learning space. The winning garden designs get built this spring with NewSpring Church of Hardeeville.

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  1. Fri., Nov. 6Food Lion returns to Hilton Head Island at the old Sam's Club site
  2. Thurs., Nov. 5Early votes topped half of Beaufort County's midterm ballots
  3. Wed., Nov. 4Beaufort County voters approve $780M penny tax for roads
  4. Tues., Nov. 3Beaufort County first responders launch food drive; Seahawks earn No. 1 seed
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5AM Hilton Head Islandto me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Food Lion opens Wednesday and the swing bridge closes today

Plus, a Paris Avenue closure in Port Royal and free lung cancer screenings in Bluffton.

The TLDR

  1. Food Lion opens Wed., Nov. 11 in the old Sam's Club
  2. Veterans Day parades, ceremonies and a free meal Nov. 11
  3. Beaufort's swing bridge closes 7:15 to 9:45 a.m. today
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