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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
Sales tax: Chamber cites port in endorsing plan for 1-cent increaseThe Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce is backing an additional 1-cent sales tax to fund $40 million in capital improvements. Read more...
Flooding: Sinking car traps two womenScott Hurston walked into the gym at HealthPoint around 6 p.m. last Wednesday to start his workout. He was going to start with shoulders and legs. Read more...
Schools: ACLU scrutinizes role of religion in districtDespite conducting two prayers at the start of its meeting this week, the Georgetown County Board of Education is concerned about a request from the ACLU for documents that will show whether the school district adheres to the constitutional separation of church and state. Read more...
Walmart: Swing vote expected from contested council districtWhen Georgetown County Council denied a rezoning request for a Lowe’s Home Improvement store at Pawleys Island in 2005, the swing vote in the 4-3 decision came from the council member from District 5. With council now facing a request to allow construction of a 119,500-square-foot store for what members say will be a Walmart, eyes are again focused on the district that runs along the county’s northwestern border. Read more...
Pawleys Island: Nine employees share three rooms and one plaqueAlong with its tradition of honoring the town’s top citizen, the Pawleys Island Civic Association has a tradition of springing the award on the unwary. Mayor Bill Otis, former Police Chief, Guy Osborne and Linwood Altman, the association’s founder and president, have all been unsuspecting recipients. 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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