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    NEWS UPDATES

    Sports: Crescent sweeps WHS in softball series

    Crescent's first inning barrage undid Waccamaw's hopes of extending the best-of-three Class AA state championship softball series on Wednesday. The visiting Tigers put four runs on the board in their fist at bat and eventually would build their lead to five, all the momentum they'd need to score an 8-1 victory and claim the title. Read more...



    Emma Murphy gets a last look at the lights in Brookgreen Gardens on New Year’s Eve with her father, Tom. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

    Pawleys Plaza: County gets plan for smaller boxes

    In a deal reached Wednesday the group that wants to redevelop Pawleys Island Plaza agreed to separate a proposed 60,000 square foot building from an existing building to comply with Georgetown County’s limit on commercial buildings along Highway 17. Read more...

    Politics: The first from the 7th as Tom Rice goes to Congress

    Tom Rice becomes Congressman Tom Rice today when he is sworn in as the representative from the 7th Congressional district of South Carolina. Read more...

    Television: Late deal keeps Florence station in cable lineup

    Pete Eisenberg of Heritage Plantation was surprised to find his Time Warner Cable CBS affiliate WBTW still operating when he turned on his television set Tuesday morning. Read more...

    History: Disappearance of Theodosia Burr a source of speculation for 200 years

    The short answer is: no one knows for sure. The long answer, spun out over the last 200 years, is a blend of conjecture, myth and mystery. Theodosia Burr Alston sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812. She was never seen again. Read more...

    Crime: Man with mask and bag robs bank

    A man with a mask but no visible weapon robbed The Citizens Bank at Pawleys Island this week. Employees told deputies they almost didn’t believe the man was there to rob the bank, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office. Read more...


    THE WEEK’S FEATURED STORIES

    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...


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