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NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATESSports: Crescent sweeps WHS in softball seriesCrescent'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 STORIES
Walmart: Town of Pawleys Island takes lead in opposing project“My wife cried when she read it,” Mike Adams said of plans for a Walmart store on Highway 17. It didn’t take much discussion for Adams and his fellow members of Pawleys Island Town Council to adopt a resolution opposing the 119,600-square-foot store. Read more...
Walmart: Property deal ends suit over plazaMickey Stikas could have appealed, but at 67 he said he was tired of the fight. So Stikas settled his long-running legal battle with Bank of America and signed over the deed to the Pawleys Island Plaza. Read more...
Sales tax: County Council puts a penny on the November ballotLet the argument over a proposed 1-cent sales tax in Georgetown County begin. Read more...
Highway 17: Petition drive asks DOT to scrap median projectA new sign went up this week at Coastal Urgent Care, which has opened at Pawleys Business Center. “It’s like an emergency room for some of our patients. We’re the first line of defense,” Dr. Gerald Congdon said. So he’s concerned that plans for the Highway 17 median in front of his office will prevent left turns into the center. Read more...
THE WEEK’S FEATURED STORIES
Pavilion memories: Building on a tradition while building homesBilly 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 NEWSRestaurants: A meeting place with a side order of politicsAmy 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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