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Special Issue
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News update:
NEWS 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...
THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Recreation: Litchfield parks open for playStables Park in Litchfield is up and running with free tennis for the rest of October. Read more...
Capital Sales Tax: Parks pitched as economic development toolsYears ago, a group of Georgetown County residents envisioned a county with up-scale sports facilities that would spur a wave of recreational tourism while providing better places for local children — and adults — to play. Read more...
Pawleys Plaza: Approval of meeting minutes leaves no doubtsThere’s not usually a public body agenda item more mundane than approval of the minutes of the past meeting. Read more...
Education: Justice Department raises questions about all-black schoolsThe U.S. Department of Justice wants to know what the Georgetown County School District plans to do about two schools that only have black students enrolled. And it wants to know why more than three-quarters of all the students who received disciplinary suspensions last year were black. Read more...
Litchfield Plantation: Court order returns control of POA to developerA Circuit Court judge has ruled that a board elected by the developers is once again in charge of the property owners association at Litchfield Plantation. The order signed by Judge Larry Hyman and filed this week ends 20 months of control by a board elected by individual property owners. Read more...
THE WEEK’S FEATURED STORIES
The Advocate: Jim Watkins helps beat the system – any systemWhen 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 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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