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NEWS UPDATESNEWS UPDATESCounty budget plan includes tax increase for pay raisesSix of seven Georgetown County Council members favor property tax increases that would give county employees an increase of 2 percent in addition to a 3 percent pay hike that can be made without raising taxes. Read more...
BUSINESS NEWSDezignworkz: Decorators share their secretsMindy McVay and Tracy Hanna Foye have spent their careers making other people’s houses beautiful. Now they want to teach people their secrets. Read more...
THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Politics: Vacant House seat draws early interestNo one has announced plans to run for House District 108 in the week since Republican state Rep. Kevin Ryan announced he won’t seek re-election, but at least two Waccamaw Neck residents are giving the idea serious thought. Read more...
Legislature: Lawmakers share job's frustrations with GOP clubA meeting of the Waccamaw Neck Republican Club this week turned into what some members said was one of the most open conversations about the legislature they had ever heard. Read more...
Education: SAT scores rise at Waccamaw High, countering national and state trendsThe average SAT scores for Georgetown County seniors rose this year while scores fell in the nation and in South Carolina. Waccamaw High scores, which rose 10 points, are above the state and national average. Read more...
Sister Peterkin: A voice for Murrells Inlet falls silentMurrells Inlet has lost something that was as much a part of it as salt-tinged breezes and changing tides. Genevieve Chandler Peterkin, known as “Sister,” died Sunday after a long illness. She was 83. Read more...
Economic development: Group looks for green to fund Green Coast programThe Alliance for Economic Development for Georgetown County is beginning to see progress in its efforts to turn the Hammock Coast into the Green Coast, but it needs to get more people involved to see real results. Read more...
THE WEEK'S FEATURED STORIES
Cycling: From Beowulf to Bordeaux for a worthy causeIt seems like a perfect fit for someone completing a doctorate in Anglo-Saxon literature. A chance to help resurrect a “lost classic.” Read more...
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