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    NEWS UPDATES

    NEWS UPDATES

    Sports: Crescent sweeps WHS in softball series

    Crescent's first inning barrage undid Waccamaw's hopes of extending the best-of-three Class AA state championship softball series on Wednesday. The visiting Tigers put four runs on the board in their fist at bat and eventually would build their lead to five, all the momentum they'd need to score an 8-1 victory and claim the title. Read more...



    THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES

    Susan Davis, a SCUTE volunteer, photographed a loggerhead that nested Tuesday evening at DeBordieu.

    Highway 17: Two traffic signals included in final Pawleys median plan

    plan that puts new traffic signals at the Pawleys Island Post Office and between Hotel Drive and Jetty Drive has been selected for a project that will close the paved median on Highway 17 from the North Causeway to Baskervill Drive. Read more...

    Sea turtles: Evening nest gives volunteers a rage glimpse of loggerhead

    A loggerhead sea turtle that nested during the evening on the beach at DeBordieu provided a rare treat for volunteers with S.C. United Turtle Enthusiasts this week. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: Parking grows scarce earlier each season

    Memorial Day on Pawleys Island.
    Chance of rain: 30 percent.
    Chance of finding a parking spot: slim to none. Read more...

    Politics: Judge allows campaign signs to stay along highway

    A Georgetown man who says the three candidates for sheriff are violating the law by having campaign signs in the public right-of-way isn’t giving up on an effort to get those signs removed. Read more...

    Waccamaw Middle School: Principal candidates meet the public

    School Superintendent Randy Dozier hopes to make a recommendation to the school board next week for a new principal at Waccamaw Middle School. Maintaining a strong public presence will be a key skill, he said, and the five candidates for the position got a chance to demonstrate their ability this week, addressing parents, faculty and district personnel during a forum at the school’s auditorium.

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    THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES

    The crowd fills the dance floor at the Pawleys Island Nature Park for the reunion.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Pavilion memories: Building on a tradition while building homes

    Billy Don and Ann Wilson sat in beach chairs beside the dance floor at the annual Pawleys Pavilion Reunion on Saturday as the old familiar music carried them back in time to the night they met — at the pavilion. Read more...


    BUSINESS NEWS

    Restaurants: A meeting place with a side order of politics

    Amy 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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