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NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATESCounty budget plan includes tax increase for pay raisesSix of seven Georgetown County Council members favor property tax increases that would give county employees an increase of 2 percent in addition to a 3 percent pay hike that can be made without raising taxes. Read more...
THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Capital projects: Council puts 1-cent sales tax to a voteThe question of a 1-cent sales tax to help pay for capital projects in Georgetown County is a step closer to being posed to voters. County Council members unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday to create a six-member commission that will be tasked with coming up with a specific list of projects the sales tax would fund. Read more...
Murrells Inlet: Community pulls together as Dead Dog Saloon prepares to rebuildA week ago Charlie Campbell stared in horror at the blackened beams and smoldering embers where the Dead Dog Saloon once stood. It was devastating, but devastation has turned to determination and Campbell is now focused on the future. Read more...
Pawleys Island: Rule change would allow $99,000 home to add $50,000 kitchenEven as they took steps to restore a limit on the value of renovations to homes before they have to be brought into compliance with town zoning rules, the Pawleys Island Planning Commission this week agreed that it wants to do away with the so-called “50-percent rule” that was struck down by a Circuit Court judge last year. Read more...
Post Office: Customers raise few eyebrows over slower first-class mailFirst-class letters going to and from the Pawleys Island area will take an extra day to reach their destinations after the Postal Service closes its Florence mail processing and distribution facility. Read more...
Education: High school starts with a freshman classPawleys Island Christian Academy will add a freshman class in the fall, making it the third high school on Waccamaw Neck as it grows over the next four years.
THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES
Cycling: From Beowulf to Bordeaux for a worthy causeIt seems like a perfect fit for someone completing a doctorate in Anglo-Saxon literature. A chance to help resurrect a “lost classic.” Read more...
BUSINESS NEWSDezignworkz: Decorators share their secretsMindy McVay and Tracy Hanna Foye have spent their careers making other people’s houses beautiful. Now they want to teach people their secrets. Read more...
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