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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

    Friends of Jess Sowards were among over 1,200 people who took part in a walk for breast cancer awareness in Murrells Inlet. Sowards died from breast cancer on Aug. 18. She was 34. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Sales tax: Port revival moves ahead as referendum nears

    A shallow-draft ship carrying steel billets for a manufacturer in Conway will arrive in the Port of Georgetown in about a month. Read more...

    Recreation: Project costs exceed estimates by $651,000

    Eight recreation projects in Georgetown County are running $651,000 over estimates, but members of County Council were assured Tuesday they will be completed within the overall budget by the end of next year. Read more...

    Pawleys Plaza: Big-box foes bide their time

    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...

    Pawleys Island: Town raises stakes in jury trials for parking tickets

    Out of 224 parking tickets issued on Pawleys Island from May through September, two led to requests for jury trials. That has led the town to look for a way to raise the stakes for people who want their day in court. Read more...

    Outdoors: Mom gets the gator tag so family pitches in

    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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