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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 STORIES

    Firefighters said two people were rescued by passers-by from a car that ran into an overflowing stormwater pond along Highway 17 on Wednesday night. Water was still on the road the next morning.
    Charles Swenson/Coastal Observer

    Walmart: Development will generate 8,700 daily car trips, study says

    The redevelopment of Pawleys Island Plaza will generate over 8,700 daily vehicle trips, most of them on Highway 17, according to a traffic study provided to the county this week as part of a rezoning request. Read more...

    Sales tax: Civic group is first to oppose referendum

    The Pawleys Island Civic Association board of directors has voted unanimously to oppose a 1-cent sales tax to fund $40 million in county capital projects on the ballot this November. Read more...

    Education: State superintendent says funds should follow the students to any public school

    Zoe Royal gave the state superintendent of education a math lesson, Montessori style. Read more...

    Environment: 2,400 young trees need good homes

    From an oak tree cut down in Murrells Inlet last year, 2,400 new trees are poised to take root. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: After a decade, police chief makes his final rounds

    First thing Monday morning, Police Chief Guy Osborne checks the weekend incident reports and any information passed along from officers in a notebook. Two dogs off the leash. A pothole. A couple of alarms. Once school starts, it gets quiet on Pawleys Island. 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...


    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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