Contact us by e-mail
By phone: (843) 237-8438 | By fax: (843) 235-0084
By mail: P.O. Box 1170, Pawleys Island, South Carolina 29585
Street Address: 97 Commerce Drive, Pawleys Island
Special Issue:
|
News update:
NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATESSports: Crescent sweeps WHS in softball seriesCrescent'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...
THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Politics: GOP debate energizes primary votersAmy Bunn’s decision to attend Monday’s Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach was last-minute, but she couldn’t be happier that she made it. “If I had watched it on TV, I would have been like, ‘borrr-ing!’ But watching it live, I didn’t want it to end.” Read more...
GOP primary: Gingrich scores points for debate skillsIt was an overflow crowd at Land’s End restaurant in Georgetown when former House Speaker Newt Gingrich brought his presidential campaign there on Sunday. Read more...
GOP primary: Voters willing to overlook Perry's early miscuesThe crowd Texas Gov. Rick Perry attracted during a stop at the VFW post in Murrells Inlet this week was smaller and quieter than one at a similar event for Newt Gingrich two days earlier in Georgetown. Read more...
Education: District feels generous at start of budget seasonThe Georgetown County School District added $2.2 million to its reserves last year and is in a generous mood as it starts work on a new budget. The district will consider waiving the rent it charges some nonprofits for space at the Beck Administration Center and could end up sharing the cost for one, Healthy Learners, which helps provide medical and dental care to students. Read more...
Tourism: Winter ad campaign aims at summer visitorsWith a redesign of Georgetown County’s tourism website complete, the Tourism Management Commission has approved a $282,000 marketing plan to attract potential vacationers to the site over the next six months. It’s the first plan developed by the county’s new tourism marketing director. Read more...
Environment: Live oaks at county gateway in the path of road projectEfforts to protect large “legacy” oak trees hit a brick wall in Georgetown County last week, but a group of Murrells Inlet residents have had better luck just over the county line. Read more...--> THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES
Pavilion memories: Building on a tradition while building homesBilly 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 NEWSRestaurants: A meeting place with a side order of politicsAmy 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...
|
Buy Photo Reprints
|
