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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
Plantation Federal: After 26 years, a community bank is gone in an instantBuddy Lindsay remembers the day Plantation Federal Savings and Loan was chartered: Oct. 20, 1986. It was his birthday. “It was the community bank at Pawleys Island, the only community bank, for many years,” he said. He was one of the founders. After the close of business Friday, federal regulators announced they had put the bank into receivership. Read more...
Schools: No tax increase proposed in $75 million budgetThere is a raise for employees, but no tax increase for property owners, in the proposed school district budget for the coming year. Read more...
Sales tax: Panel members question library fundingDwight McInvaill, Georgetown County library director, will try today to convince a panel that new libraries are a worthwhile use of revenue from a proposed 1-cent capital project sales tax. Read more...
Utilities: Fees don’t cover impact of some water usersWhen the community pool was built at the Pawleys Pavilion condos between Pawleys Island and Litchfield, the developer paid an impact fee based on an estimate that the pool would use as much water as two single-family homes. Last year, the pool used over 20 times that much water, having the same impact on the water supply as 43 homes. Read more...
American Idol: Son’s performance starts mom’s phone ringingElise Testone’s final performance as a contestant on “American Idol” last week was a special one in several ways. For local fans, it was made even better by the fact that Wallace Mullinax, a member of the band Testone performs with back home in Charleston was right beside her. Read more...
THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES
The Advocate: Jim Watkins helps beat the system – any systemWhen local advocates for children wanted to gather after-school care providers for a seminar last month, they turned to Jim Watkins to be their facilitator. 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...
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