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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
Election 2012: State board rebuffs county to declare Kerr winnerRichard Kerr is preparing to join the Georgetown County School Board in January after the state Election Commission declared him the winner of the District 6 race during an appeals hearing this week in Columbia. Read more...
Schools: Justice Department approves charter campus at Prince GeorgeThe U.S. Justice Department this week gave approval to Coastal Montessori Charter School to build a permanent facility at the Prince George property south of Pawleys Island. Read more...
Capital projects: No shortage of park work despite sales tax defeatRecreation facility construction is going full steam ahead, members of the Georgetown County Parks and Recreation Commission learned Monday. It was a different story for members of the Georgetown County Library Board on Tuesday. Read more...
Education: Institute on the move gets $1 million endowment giftA $1 million gift will ensure that lifelong learning enjoys a long lifespan. The money from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will fund an endowment for the program run by Coastal Carolina University in Litchfield and two locations in Horry County. Read more...
Midway at 50: Along with cake, talk of pay raisesMidway Fire and Rescue celebrated its 50th anniversary Sunday with memories and a proclamation, — there was even a big cake — but County Council Member Ron Charlton delivered the gift. 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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