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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

    Franklin "Snakeman" Smalls puts out stakes that provide habitat for oyster spat. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer photo

    Sea turtles: Nesting numbers set record, but crowds pose a new risk

    With about three weeks left in sea turtle nesting season, 2011 is already a record year. But lately turtles have emerged from their nests at night only to find themselves literally in the spotlight, and that’s a big problem. Read more...

    Utilities: Drought causes rise in salinity at water plant

    Drought and high tides combined this week to cause a spike in salinity levels at the plant that provides drinking water for the Waccamaw Neck. Georgetown County Water and Sewer District shut down the plant during the high tides and used stored water to meet demand. Read more...

    Environment: In months without an 'r' oystermen reseed beds

    It’s not yet 8 a.m., but the July morning is already searing and the air is thick with humidity as Franklin “Snakeman” Smalls guides his old 14-foot jon boat across the winding waterways of Murrells Inlet. Read more...

    Litchfield Plantation: New owner looks beyond lawsuits to see value in history

    It will be at least 18 months before any development resumes in Litchfield Plantation, the new owner of the development company said this week. Read more...

    Politics: Miller holds lead in funds while staying silent on 2012 run

    Former state Rep. Vida Miller heard a rumor recently that she plans to run for Georgetown County auditor in 2012. 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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