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    County budget plan includes tax increase for pay raises

    Six 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

    Christy Anouilh sets out candles in the pool below the sculpture of Pegasus at Brookgreen Gardens. The annual Nights of a Thousand Candles are Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 17. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Environment: County takes second look at protecting live oaks

    It 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 Neck

    A 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 session

    Though 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 trophy

    For 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 debut

    So, 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

    Kati Jagger cycles through France. The former WHS graduate is completing a doctorate in London.

    Cycling: From Beowulf to Bordeaux for a worthy cause

    It 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 NEWS

    Dezignworkz: Decorators share their secrets

    Mindy 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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