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This holiday break, when you are looking for something fun to do outside of your apartment community in Beaufort, we have some low cost and fun ideas. There is plenty of fun and free things do with your kids in Beaufort. Try out the 2 great playgrounds, one on the Waterfront Park and one off of Pigeon Landing. Pigeon Landing playground opened 2 years ago and has brand new facilities and excellent age appropriate equipment.

Adults can have fun at Pigeon Landing playground too, with large adult sized swings and dogs are allowed on a leash. And of course, sitting on the docks gives you a gorgeous view of the marshes and Beaufort River.
 
After play, Southern Sweets Ice Cream Parlor in Old Bay Marketplace makes a mean and reasonably priced ice-cream. You can also get very good and hearty lunch: made-to-order hot-dogs in 8 styles at $3 each), gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Most lunch items are around $6 and the kids menu for around $2.

Play tourist in Beaufort this week on a low budget.

What a way for everyone living in apartments in Beaufort to celebrate the New Year. By kicking off Beaufort's fourth century and saluting its 300 years of history at Founders' Night II in the city's Waterfront Park Dec. 31. Bring your family and friends to the early evening event, before your evening celebrating begins.

The event will include musical performances by choirs from Tabernacle Baptist, Carteret Street United Methodist and First Presbyterian churches, Sumitra Stewart, Marlena Smalls and the Delbert Felix Trio; and historical interludes by locals Anita Singleton-Prather, Bill Harvey Jr. and Jeff Evans. The event is free and family-oriented.

Starting at 4:30 p.m. at Waterfront Park, the closing ceremony will end at sunset, around 6, with the bang of booming fireworks over the Beaufort River.