The fourth annual Waccamaw River Challenge brings a field of 25 paddleboarders past Butler Island. The event benefits the Teach My People after-school program.
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THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Tourism: State error cuts into county marketing funds

Tourism officials were feeling good last month about the number of visitors coming to Georgetown County last fall and winter. Reports said collections of accommodations taxes through January were up 88 percent, more than any coastal county. Not so fast, members of the county Tourism Management Commission were told last week. Read more...

Pawleys Island: Town limits range of golf carts to 2 miles

The town of Pawleys Island this week scrapped its ban on golf carts to comply with a state law passed last year, but it took advantage of a provision in the law to reduce the range of golf carts from 4 miles to 2 miles. That means an owner on the island’s north end can’t drive a golf cart to the south end because the island is 3 miles long. Read more...

Pawleys Island: Cameras will record licence tags of vehicles entering town

The town of Pawleys Island plans to install cameras that will read and record license numbers of vehicles as they cross the two causeways between the island and the mainland. Read more...

Waccamaw rec center: Senior programs now closer to home

James Hughes banged a tambourine against his hand to keep time with guitarist and singer Isabel Boyd at the senior center in the new Waccamaw Regional Recreation Center at Parkersville Park. Read more...

Nonprofits: Why don’t they just get a job?

Three years ago, the Bunnelle Foundation began changing the way it was addressing poverty in Georgetown County. Read more...

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The crowd fills the dance floor at the Pawleys Island Nature Park for the reunion.
Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

Pavilion memories: Building on a tradition while building homes

Billy Don and Ann Wilson sat in beach chairs beside the dance floor at the annual Pawleys Pavilion Reunion on Saturday as the old familiar music carried them back in time to the night they met — at the pavilion. Read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Restaurants: A meeting place with a side order of politics

Amy Valhos wanted one wall in her restaurant, Applewood House of Pancakes in Litchfield, to be painted green. “Green encourages roots and community,” she said. “I think it helped.” Read more...