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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...
THE WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Environment: County takes second look at protecting live oaksIt looks like Georgetown County might be on the way to restoring protections to some trees on single family residential properties. Read more...
Utilities: SCE&G looks at economics of gas lines on Waccamaw NeckA utility expects to have a study completed this month on the feasibility of supplying natural gas to the Waccamaw Neck. The review was prompted by a request from the town of Pawleys Island. Read more...
Legislature: Ryan plans ambitious agenda for final sessionThough S.C. Rep. Kevin Ryan won’t seek re-election in 2012, he won’t idle away his last year in the House. He has already pre-filed five bills. Read more...
Murrells Inlet: A year-long quest for a Christmas parade trophyFor five years, Bryan Smith has been doing everything he can think of to win the prize for best entry in the Murrells Inlet Christmas Parade. Read more...
Arts: Strand Theater dusts off its silver screen for cinema debutSo, you want to be in pictures? There is more to movies than what you see on the screen, or even behind the screen. There is the screen itself. When the house lights dim Friday at the Strand Theater in Georgetown, the image that illuminates the 10 by 16 foot screen will be the result of months of planning and preparation by a group that wants to bring movies back to the county. 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...
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...
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