Contact Us


Physical Address:**

10 Buck Island Road
Bluffton, SC 29910

Office hours: 8am - 5pm M-F

** Do not mail to the physical address. Mail is not delivered there.

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 5727
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938

Beaufort office:

1556 Salem Road
Beaufort, SC 29902

Office hours: 8am - 12:30pm, 1 - 5pm M-F


Customer service: 843-706-8100 or 877-706-8100

Administration

Name Title Phone
Sara Johnson Borton Publisher and President 843-706-8105
Suzi Reed Executive Assistant to the Publisher 843-706-8104
Stacy Carter Courier 843-706-8101

Newsroom

Name Title Phone
Fitz McAden Executive Editor 843-706-8110
Jeff Kidd Editor 843-706-8175
Lisa Allen Day City Editor for Web 843-706-5526
Jennifer Alliet Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8129
Steve Austin Night City Editor 843-706-8133
Mike Bragg Assistant Sports Editor 843-706-8122
Amy Bredeson Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8134
Hannah Carroll Assistant Features Editor 843-706-8124
Kate Cerve Education Reporter 843-706-8177
Marti Covington Business Reporter 843-706-8147
Patrick Donohue Police/Military Reporter 843-706-8152
Renee Dudley Police/Courts Reporter 843-706-8138
Jonathan Dyer Photographer 843-706-8151
Elizabeth Farrell Copy Desk Chief 843-706-8127
Cassie Foss Town of Bluffton Reporter 843-706-8125
Barry Haapala Sports Copy Editor 843-706-8119
Lance Hanlin Sports Editor 843-706-8156
Cathy Carter Harley Assistant Features Editor 843-706-8248
Ellis Harman Assistant Copy Desk Chief 843-706-8130
Justin Jarrett Assistant Sports Editor 843-706-8120
Jay Karr Photographer 843-706-8150
David Lauderdale Columnist 843-706-8115
Drew Martin Graphics/Photo Editor 843-706-8132
Josh McCann Business Reporter 843-706-8145
Don McCloud Day City Editor 843-706-8139
Sam McDowell Sports reporter 843-706-8123
Regan McTarsney Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8106
Paul Mitchell Editorial Assistant 843-706-8149
Laura Nahmias Town of Hilton Head Island Reporter 843-706-8169
Coleen O'Lear Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8178
Justin Paprocki Features Writer 843-706-8143
Brandon Parker Sports Reporter 843-706-8182
Tom Robinette Features Editor 843-706-8136
Jedd Rosche Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8103
Janet Smith Editorial Page Editor 843-706-8114
Bob Sofaly Photographer 843-706-8183
Juliann Vachon City of Beaufort/Port Royal Reporter 843-706-8184
Jeff Vrabel The Guide/Bluffton Packet Editor 843-706-8140
Sarah Welliver Photographer 843-706-8252
Cate Westberg Designer/Copy Editor 843-706-8135

Interactive Media

Name Title Phone
David Feld Vice President, Interactive Media 843-706-8186
Steve Guthrie Web Designer 843-706-8188
Curt Jacobi Online Sales Manager 843-706-8245
Will Mulvey Online Advertising Representative 843-706-8265
Ray Say Web Programmer 843-706-8195

Customer Service

Name Title Phone
Pam Jenkins Burries Customer Service 843-706-8197
Pam Carter Customer Service 843-706-8264
Joan Shank Customer Service 843-706-8262
Freda Wilson Customer Service 843-706-8261

Advertising

Name Title Phone
Sandy Gillis Vice President, Advertising 843-706-8160
Lorrie Anderson Advertising Representative 843-706-8185
Barbara Barker Ad Sales Assistant 843-706-8191
Alex Barry Advertising Representative 843-706-8157
Melissa Beere Advertising Representative 843-706-8192
Laura Bleakley Direct Marketing Manager 843-706-8202
John Bowen Graphic Artist 843-706-8206
Carol Campbell Advertising Representative 843-706-8166
Beth Caron Advertising Representative 843-706-8194
Nancy Dacus Graphic Artist 843-706-8244
Armand DeMille Graphic Artist 843-706-8210
Paul Downs Advertising Representative 843-706-8168
Chad Easler Advertising Representative 843-706-8209
Meg Engler Advertising Representative 843-706-8170
Rob Flanagan Advertising Representative 843-706-8196
Carole Gentzel Advertising Data Entry 843-706-8158
Susan Green Classified Manager 843-706-8201
Curt Jacobi Online Sales Manager 843-706-8245
Kim Morrison Advertising Representative 843-706-8179
Will Mulvey Online Advertising Representative 843-706-8265
Marjorie Nygaard Advertising Representative 843-706-8167
Adrienne Perry Graphic Artist 843-706-8171
Chris Polizzi Ad Sales Assistant 843-706-8213
Harriet Pollitzer Advertising Representative 843-706-8163
Amy Robbins Classifieds 843-706-8212
Steve Rupprecht Graphic Artist 843-706-8258
Dave Schuette Retail Advertising Manager 843-706-8172
Melanie Sevin Advertising Representative 843-706-8161
Dee Walsh Classifieds 843-706-8216
Carol Weir Special Sections Editor 843-706-8181
Amanda Wood Advertising Representative 843-706-8211
Shanise Young Obits/Legal Advertising 843-706-8249
Amy Zamostny Advertising Representative 843-706-8259

Marketing

Name Title Phone
Beth Patton Vice President, Marketing 843-706-8180

Circulation

Name Title Phone
Henry Woloszyk Vice President, Circulation 843-706-8220
Lenora Brannen Home Delivery Manager 843-706-8148
Jack Gannon Database Manager 843-706-8146
Pam Harrison Home Delivery Manager 843-706-8229
Ray Hunt Single Copy Manager 843-706-8226
Ricardo Kiser District Manager 843-706-8218
Holly O'Brien Office Administration 843-706-8221
Carl Russell Home Delivery Manaqger 843-706-8219
Pat Valenti Circulation Supervisor 843-706-8207

Information Technology

Name Title Phone
Matt Engels Vice President, Information Technology 843-706-8237

Finance

Name Title Phone
Cindy Taulbee Vice President, Finance 843-706-8230
Markeisha Crosby Accounting Clerk 843-706-8217
Andrae Houghlan Accounting Manager 843-706-8231
Sarah Schleifer Accountant 843-706-8233
Kim Wilson AR Specialist 843-706-8235

Human Resources

Name Title Phone
Jolie Bagonzi Vice President, Human Resources 843-706-8190

Production

Name Title Phone
William King Vice President, Production 843-706-8240
Morgan Bonner Pre-press Manager 843-706-8236
Edith Brown Mailroom Production Supervisor
JJ Houghlan Ind. Cont. Tec. 843-706-8246
Jody Leff Production Assistant 843-706-8153
Daniel Mentzer Mailroom Production Supervisor
Tammy Meyer Production Assistant 843-706-8154
Ray Pryor Assist. Night Supervisor
Donna Purvis Preprint Coordinator 843-706-8251
Bryan Rainboth Production Supervisor
Thomas Rivers Production Supervisor
Ted Shook Mailroom Manager 843-706-8254
Matt Thomas Production Supervisor
Sheryl Thorn Production Assistant 843-706-8159
David Throne Production Supervisor

Home Delivery Rates

52 Weeks:$138
26 Weeks:$69
13 Weeks:$34.50
All subscriptions payable in advance. TV Week delivery is an additional 25 cents per week to seven-day local home delivery.

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