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    Nonprofits: Teams simmering for Souper Bowl XIV

    Time is running out to get advance tickets for Saturday's Habitat for Humanity Souper Bowl. There are 40 chefs cooking up soups, stews, bisques, chowders and gumbos for this year's event. Read the menu...

    Pawleys Island: Town looks at '50 percent rule" for renovations

    A rule that requires buildings on Pawleys Island to be brought into compliance with zoning codes if renovations exceed 50 percent of their value will be up for review by the town Planning Commission next week. The town’s interpretation of the rule was at the heart of a dispute between neighbors that reached Circuit Court last year. Read more...


    THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES

    RACE DAY: Cub Scouts from Pack 323 race Pinewood Derby cars at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Saturday. Elsewhere at the church, voters picked their favorite in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Environment: Council cuts tree rule, so residents start planting

    Rick Baumann doesn’t have much hope for the return of a tree protection amendment that Georgetown County Council axed from its agenda two weeks ago. So he came up with a plan of his own to help keep native tree species, including live oaks, plentiful on the Waccamaw Neck. Read more...

    Education: Justice Department asks district to weigh impacts of charter school

    The U.S. Justice Department has the same question about the Coastal Montessori Charter School as some county school board members: where will it be located? Read more...

    Politics: GOP sees unity despite upset in primary

    There was only one decision to make on the ballot Saturday when voters on the Waccamaw Neck turned out in surprisingly high numbers for the Republican presidential primary, but for many of them it was an extremely difficult one. Read more...

    Transportation: Pawleys area bus routes draw support, but need money

    A meeting last week on the possibility of expanding bus services in the Pawleys Island area was well attended with about 40 people in the audience. Yet some key people were missing. Read more...

    Sports: Troubled fund manager makes new start on the court

    Stan Kowalewski does not take his involvement with the Waccamaw Middle School basketball team for granted. A year after being charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with securities fraud, Kowalewski sees his return to the bench as a volunteer coach as the start of a new chapter in his life. Read more...


    THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES

    Joan Kreikemeier has a bowl – sometimes two – from all the Habitat Souper Bowls that she has worked at as a volunteer.
    (Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer)

    The Habitat Habit: A collection grows for volunteers at the Souper Bowl

    Every year going into the Souper Bowl, Joan Kreikemeier tells herself she’s coming home empty handed. After 12 years of volunteering for the event, a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, she and her husband, Ken, already have quite a collection of the hand-crafted bowls the event is known for. They’re stacked in closets and hold soap and shampoo in every bathroom. Others are in the kitchen, reserved for special dips and treats. Read more...


    BUSINESS NEWS

    Restaurants: Nosh finds all the right ingredients

    Listening to Keplyn Cerasaro talk about how the team came together at Nosh, Pawleys Island’s newest restaurant, the word that comes to mind is “serendipity.” Read more...

    People in business

    Hired, retired, awards and acheivements. Read more...


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