Beaufort, South Carolina the 1990s, expanding the city limits northward near the unincorporated Seabrook community. Previous attempts at bringing large-scale residential development north of the air station were defeated after protests from long-time citizens and environmental advocacy groups. The Beaufort area has several printed publications. The daily newspaper "The Beaufort Gazette" is the oldest and most circulated newspaper of record in South Carolina and is the sister publication to the Bluffton-based "Island Packet". There are two weekly print newspapers: "The Island News" and an alternative newsweekly called "Lowcountry Weekly". There are five online-only publications, the, Beaufort Online.com, EatSleepPlayBeaufort.com, "TheDigitel Beaufort" and "The Beaufort
Lousia Beaufort and Louisa advised Maria Edgeworth in her writing of "The Absentee." Louisa Beaufort had a paper presented to the Royal Irish Academy in October 1827 on the architecture and antiquities of Ireland prior to the twelfth century; this essay was then published. The work is illustrated by lithographs by the author. Beaufort was the first woman to have a paper presented to and published by the Academy. Her opportunity may have arisen because her father was one of the founders of that institution in 1785, and he served as its librarian from 1788-91. Louisa Beaufort wrote a number of tour