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    NEWS UPDATES

    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 STORIES

    Pawleys Island Mayor Bill Otis leads the Georgetown Christmas Parade as grand marshal.
    Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

    Election 2012: State board rebuffs county to declare Kerr winner

    Richard 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 George

    The 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 defeat

    Recreation 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 gift

    A $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 raises

    Midway 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

    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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