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News update:
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
Education: Journey of nearly three years leads to charter school openingIt started in December 2009, 33 months before Adir Grant and his sister Adara walked through the door on the first day of class at the Coastal Montessori Charter School. Read more...
Education: School district study looks at racial balanceSending students from the southern portion of Waccamaw Neck to schools in Georgetown is among the scenarios explored in an attendance study for the Georgetown County School District prepared as part of an effort by the district to lift a desegregation order from the federal courts. Read more...
Walmart: Planners still waiting for big-box drawingsTwo key pieces of the application for a zoning change at Pawleys Island Plaza that would allow a Walmart are still missing, and if they aren’t filed within the week a hearing on the proposal will have to be delayed, according to the county planning director. Read more...
Courts: Suit over proposed Lowe’s site heads to juryOwners of property on Highway 17 at the South Causeway that was considered for a Lowe’s Home Improvement Center have been granted a jury trial in Circuit Court for a foreclosure case. Read more...
Crime: Murder victim was in county for funeralRenee Milton stopped in the parking lot at Club Isis on Highway 17 Tuesday afternoon to light a candle near a small shrine to her 21-year-old son, Sean Edwards. He was shot to death there early Saturday morning for no apparent reason, Milton said. Read more...
THE WEEK’S FEATURED STORIES
The Advocate: Jim Watkins helps beat the system – any systemWhen local advocates for children wanted to gather after-school care providers for a seminar last month, they turned to Jim Watkins to be their facilitator. 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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