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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

    Marvin Grant relaxes in one of his creations at the Hammock Shops. He has received a state folk arts award.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Highway 17: Pawleys median plans contain options for traffic lights

    A traffic light between the Pawleys Island Post Office and Lachicotte Drive — something area residents have long had on their wish list — is included on two of three proposals for a median project on Highway 17. Read more...

    Sales tax: Council names committee to draft referendum

    Georgetown County Council was supposed to appoint three members to the commission that will determine the details of how a proposed 1-cent capital sales tax would be spent. Read more...

    Culture: The art of the hammock

    Marvin Grant, better known in the Pawleys Island area as “the Hammock Man,” has received a lot of recognition over the years. The news articles taped to the wall or hung in frames at his work space at the Hammock Shops is testament to that. Read more...

    Campaign 2012: Sheriff leads the pack in fundraising

    In the phase of the campaign where people vote with their checkbooks, Lane Cribb is the frontrunner. His bid for election to a sixth term as Georgetown County sheriff drew $16,671 in contributions in the first quarter, according to reports filed with the state Ethics Commission this week. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: Town casts a narrow net in search for new police chief

    Pawleys Island’s most wanted isn’t a criminal, it’s a replacement for Police Chief Guy Osborne. 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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