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    NEWS UPDATES

    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...



    THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES

    Students at the private Paweleys Island Montessori School finished a year-long study of art history by painting in the style of Jackson Pollock. The result will be displayed at the public Coastal Montessori Charter School when it opens in August.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Milestones: Pawleys couple celebrates 70th wedding anniversary

    Bill and Betty Murray don’t agree on all the details of how they met. It was nearly 80 years ago, after all. Read more...

    Sales tax: County's plan for extra penny has friends at the library

    A 1-cent sales tax would be a “very logical” way to pay, at least in part, for a new Waccamaw Library, said Dwight McInvaill, Georgetown County library director. Read more...

    Education: L.A. charter school principal will lead Pawleys startup

    The principal of a charter school in Los Angeles will be the first director of the Coastal Montessori Charter School in Pawleys Island. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: Appeal process starts over for disputed walkway

    The walkway at 302 Atlantic Ave. stretches 213 feet toward the beach. The dispute stretches over nearly three years. Read more...

    Olympic dreams: Wrestler leaves the mat with no regrets

    Whether he won, lost or drew, Mark Battaglino said he’d have no regrets about participating in the Final U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa, last weekend. 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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