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    NEWS UPDATES

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    Former Midway division chief faces fraud charge

    The former special operations division chief at Midway Fire and Rescue was arrested Thursday morning by the State Enforcement Division on charges that he stole $36,000 from the state Fire and Life Education Association. Read more...



    THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

    Anne Heles reads a letter from a renter who saw the ghost of her grandmother at her Pawleys Island home in 2006.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Walmart: County staff will recommend approval – with conditions

    “Flat out denial? We’re not doing that,” said Boyd Johnson, the county planning director. He will deliver staff recommendations to the Georgetown County Planning Commission this week on a proposal to expand the Pawleys Island Plaza for a new development that will include a 119,500-square-foot retail store. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: New south end groin faces legal challenge

    A permit to allow Georgetown County to build a 205-foot-long rock groin at the public parking lot on the south end of Pawleys Island will likely be challenged in court. Read more...

    Ghosts: Spirit of Pawleys runs deep at one family’s house

    Anne Heles has never seen the ghost of her grandmother, Freda Jacobs, at her family’s beach house on Pawleys Island. But she wants to believe she is there. Read more...

    Highway 17: Median plan opponents make appeal to county

    The Pawleys Island business community decided it was time for a “Hail Mary” play to try and alter plans to eliminate the paved median on Highway 17 between Waverly Road and Baskervill Drive. Read more...

    St. Elizabeth Place: Cats in middle of dispute between residents and management

    In the end, Fat Head may have been a lucky cat. Residents at St. Elizabeth Place had him put to sleep after he developed cancer. Read more...


    THE WEEK’S FEATURED STORIES

    Pawleys Creek helps keep things in perspective, Watkins says.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    The Advocate: Jim Watkins helps beat the system – any system

    When 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 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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