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Business: Deal to sell Hammock Shops falls through

Owners of the Hammock Shops in Pawleys Island told their tenants Thursday that a proposal to sell the retail complex to the Burroughs and Chapin Co. of Myrtle Beach has been withdrawn. Read more...

Fish? You shouldn’t have! Brookgreen Gardens’ three river otters celebrated their third birthday this week with presents, fish cake and friends. Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

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Courts: Pawleys wildlife officer in line for magistrate’s job

A state wildlife officer from Litchfield is in line to become a county magistrate, filling a vacancy that began this week when Alan Walters stepped down to take a job with the Georgetown County School District. Steve Pop, a sergeant with the Department of Natural Resources, was nominated by state Sen. Ray Cleary. Read more...

Pawleys Island: Underground wire plan wins owners’s support

Property owners on Pawleys Island have given overwhelming support to a $4.2 million project to move electric and cable television lines underground. Sixty percent of the owners in the project area returned postcard ballots in an advisory referendum and 80 percent of those were in favor. Read more...

Schools: Residents claim bias in hiring for district safety post

Three county residents say a qualified black candidate was overlooked for the Georgetown County School District’s new position as director of safety and risk management and scolded the school board this week for not hiring more African-American men at the district office. Read more...

Murrells Inlet: Revitalization director will step down in August

Executive director Sue Sledz told members of the Murrells Inlet 2020 board of directors this week that she plans to retire in August. Read more...

Campaign 2014: Filing for office will follow new rules

Donna Mahn, director of the Georgetown County Board of Elections and Registration, says the confusing rules that disqualified hundreds of candidates attempting to run in state and local elections two years ago have been clarified. Read more...

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