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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

    You can’t win them all, but Michele Battaglino won most of the rounds as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. The episode aired this week. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Pawleys Island Plaza: Developer meets with opponents to start review

    The owners of Pawleys Island Plaza met Thursday with opponents of plans for a big-box retail store as part of a proposed redevelopment of the site. It’s the start of a month-long process of reexamination by Sunbelt Ventures before Georgetown County Council takes up the issue. Read more...

    Sales tax: Campaigns spread the word – pro and con – about referendum

    The battle lines over a proposed 1-cent sales tax increase for capital projects in Georgetown County are being drawn. An opposition group, Stop The Tax Hike Committee, has erected a billboard featuring an emphatic “NO” on Highway 17 just south of Litchfield. Read more...

    Heart like a wheel: A 20-year quest ends with game show apperance

    Michele Battaglino couldn’t stand to watch herself as she competed in the final minutes of “Wheel of Fortune” Tuesday night during a party at her home in Ricefields. Read more...

    Education: Board hears plea for more staff at elementary school

    A plea from a Waccamaw Elementary School parent for additional staff is among the requests from schools around the district that are being studied for mid-year funding, according to Superintendent Randy Dozier. Read more...

    Pawleys Island: Danger – Keep off double entendres

    Some people just can’t keep their hands off Pawleys Island’s groins. 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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