Pawleys Island News

Members of the Georgetown County Planning Commission began nailing the door shut on any more big box development proposals along the Waccamaw Neck's Highway 17 corridor last week by recommending approval of three proposals to restrict buildings.

When local advocates for children wanted to gather after-school care providers for a seminar last month, they turned to Jim Watkins to be their facilitator.

Georgetown County officials will soon know how much damage sinkholes caused to two county buildings in the City of Georgetown.

An investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has landed a Pawleys Island man behind bars, charged with breach of trust.

Survivors include three sons, Thomas L. Curtis, Culver, David A. Curtis, Pawleys Island, S.C., and Lindon J. Curtis, Cumming, Ga.; one daughter, Coleen Grozdanovski, Pensacola, Fla.; and one sister, Dorothy Thews, Culver.

Golf carts are still new to the town of Pawleys Island, but an old problem was quick to appear.

Noah Veon, a freshman at Waccamaw High School, has been shag dancing since he was 4 years old.

Rounette Johnson/For The Times Lori Lowell presented Dr. Gerald Harmon with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 96th annual meeting of the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce.

Luncheon at JD's Steakhouse, 13089 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island; book signing at Litchfield Books, 11421 Ocean Highway, Unit D, Pawleys Island et to be released in paperback on May 28 , Jennie Fields' "Age of Desire" takes readers inside the life and romance of early 20th century novelist Edith Wharton.

The Georgetown County School District will hold its third annual technology fair Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Waccamaw Intermediate School, 320 Wildcat Way, Pawleys Island.

The town of Pawleys Island this week scrapped its ban on golf carts to comply with a state law passed last year, but it took advantage of a provision in the law to reduce the range of golf carts from 4 miles to 2 miles.

The 32nd annual Blue Crab Festival concludes, and includes music by Jim Quick & Coastline 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and The Fantastic Shakers 3-6 p.m. Details at 795-9755 or 385-3180. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Little River waterfront; $3 advance or $5 at gate, and free pass for ages 12 and younger available at www.bluecrabfestival.org . Recital by Litchfield ... (more)

Billy Don and Ann Wilson sat in beach chairs beside the dance floor at the annual Pawleys Pavilion Reunion on Saturday as the old familiar music carried them back in time to the night they met - at the pavilion.

An Andrews man told Pawleys Island police he was robbed and beaten with a baseball bat in the south end parking lot Friday night.

The town of Pawleys Island this week scrapped its ban on golf carts to comply with a state law passed last year, but it took advantage of a provision in the law to reduce the range of golf carts from 4 miles to 2 miles.

Many kinds of printing equipment have been used over the years. In the early days, the Georgetown Gazette was likely printed something like what is shown Over its 215 years the Georgetown Times has used many locations for its offices.

Boy Scout Troop 360 of Pawleys Island and Murrells Inlet, Barbecue Fundraiser and "Super" Yard Sale, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Christ the King Church, 10172 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island.

Georgetown County deputies are looking for a robbery suspect. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson said at about 1: 20 p.m. a black male wearing a grey and red stripped shirt, black pants, black shoes and grey hat entered a business located at 10517 Ocean Highway.

Boy Scout Troop 360 will hold a huge yard sale Saturday, May 11 from 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the parking lot of Christ the King Church on Ocean Highway in Pawleys Island.

Roll back time to 1900 and see episodes from the first season of the British TV series "Downton Abbey" every Friday through May.