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    County budget plan includes tax increase for pay raises

    Six 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

    Miz Camelia Clown savors a bowl of strawberry shortcake at the Blessing of the Inlet at Belin Methodist Church. Sales by the churchwomen at Saturday's festival raised funds for disaster relief.
    Charles Swenson/Coastal Observer

    Environment: Decline in shellfish areas brings call for inlet water quality plan

    After a vote by Murrells Inlet 2020 board members last week, efforts are under way to organize a group that will be tasked with creating an inlet watershed management plan. Read more...

    Recreation: Stables Park facilities take shape

    One look at the buzz of activity on the site of the future Stables Park in Litchfield is enough to see big things are happening there. Read more...

    Roads: Park access project gets another $1 million

    Georgetown County and the group that sets priorities for regional transportation projects will spend $1.4 million in the next fiscal year to improve Martin Luther King Road and Petigru Drive. Read more...

    Sales tax: Panel puts libraries on list for referendum

    With much of the work done on selecting projects to be funded with revenue from a proposed capital projects sales tax, the commission in charge of the venture is ready to move on. Read more...

    Public safety: Four-year effort leads to cleanup at abandoned house

    The last four years have been filled with frustration for Larry Beasley, a part-time Pawleys Island area resident. Read more...


    THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES

    Kati Jagger cycles through France. The former WHS graduate is completing a doctorate in London.

    Cycling: From Beowulf to Bordeaux for a worthy cause

    It 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 NEWS

    Dezignworkz: Decorators share their secrets

    Mindy 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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