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    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

    James Brown gets a police escort along Highway 17 on the last leg of his trip. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer photo

    Road warrior: Biking 1,300 miles, coach raises $15,000 for cancer research

    After pedaling for close to 1,300 miles to get to Georgetown, the last thing James Brown expected to see were the police. Read more...

    Schools: Teacher raises wait until fall as district awaits funding

    Uncertain of state revenue, the Georgetown County School Board adopted a $69.5 million operating budget that includes no raise for teachers and other district staff. Read more...

    Highway 17: Engineers count traffic looking for site of new signal

    The intersection of Highway 17 and Parkersville Road is a likely location for future installation of a traffic light, according to Mark Hoeweler, assistant executive director for the agency in charge of the area’s transportation planning. Read more...

    Redistricting: GOP wants county in new congressional district

    Following two days of debate, the state Senate voted this week to move the Waccamaw Neck into the state’s new congressional district. Then they moved it back where it started: in the 1st District. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: Orange lights over ocean were flares, Air Force says

    Orange lights over the ocean that prompted several reports to the UFO Reporting Center from the Waccamaw Neck earlier this month were aerial flares, according to an Air Force spokesman. Read more...


    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...

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