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News update:
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
Senate confirms Pawleys lawyer as inlet magistrate
John Benso, 60, a Wachesaw Plantation resident and Pawleys Island area attorney, was confirmed as Murrells Inlet’s new magistrate on Wednesday, just one day after he was announced as the nominee for the job.
Read more... County budget includes employee bonusesGeorgetown County isn’t quite ready to reinstate annual raises for employees, but it looks like those on the payroll will get at least one bigger paycheck this year. Read more...
Plea to add pre-K classes isn't easy to laugh offA ripple of laughter spread through the room when School Board Member Teresa Bennani suggested using a portion of the $250,000 district staff wanted to set aside from the reserve fund to balance the budget to create more all-day preschool classes. Bennani chairs a committee that is looking at ways to improve preschool education. Read more...
Litchfield Beach: Another delay in long quest for pedestrian pathConstruction of a pedestrian path along Litchfield Boulevard at the end of Sportsman Canal was hit with another delay this week. 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...
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