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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
Environment: Decline in shellfish areas brings call for inlet water quality planAfter 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 shapeOne 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 millionGeorgetown 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 referendumWith 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 houseThe 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
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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