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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

    Walton and Charlotte Crosby used to come to the Pawleys Pavilion in high school to shag. They have been married 47 years and returned for the Pavilion Reunion over the weekend.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Pawleys Island: Pitch for police reality TV show voted off the island

    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...

    Budgets: County will draw on reserves to prevent employee pay cut

    Georgetown County will need to draw from its reserve fund to balance a 2013 budget that meets the criteria set by County Council: no tax increase, no decrease in services and no pay cut for employees. Read more...

    Pawleys Pavilion Reunion: A dance to the music of time

    Ann Wilson can’t tear up the dance floor like she did back in high school in the 1950s. Yet doing the Carolina shag under the stars with her husband, Billy, last weekend, she almost felt like a girl again, she said. The dance and the music took her back to her youth and nights spent at the Pawleys Pavilion, where she and Billy met. Read more...

    Tourism: County fares well with Myrtle Beach, study shows

    Myrtle Beach is still Georgetown County’s top competitor when it comes to luring visitors, but Georgetown County is gaining ground, according to a recent study. Read more...

    Education: Charter school principal will make house calls

    Lonnie Yancsurak doesn’t have an office. Until the moving van arrives from California, he has a limited wardrobe. But he’s ready to start meeting students who are enrolled at Coastal Montessori Charter School and their parents. 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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