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Forest Acres welcomes "sweet" addition to holiday festival
Found: 12 Hours 28 Minutes ago
Columbia Star - Forest Acres ushers in the holidays with its fifth annual signature holiday event, "Sweet Seasons" on Thursday, December 4, 6- 8 pm. Always laden with free food samples, holiday music and giveaways, this year's "Sweet Seasons" will also showcase gift vendors for the first time. The event is free and open to the public....
Horry County Schools announces school-level Teachers of the year
Found: 12 Hours 35 Minutes ago
SCNOW.com - A teacher in each school within Horry County Schools has earned the honor of being chosen by his or her peers as the school-level Teacher of the Year.
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Construction equipment vandalized with BB gun
Found: 14 Hours 58 Minutes ago
The Sun News - Myrtle Beach police are searching for someone who shot construction equipment near Wal-Mart on Oak Forest Lane, a police report showed.Police were called at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday to the C.L. Benton construction site where a supervisor told police that someone shot the equipment with a BB gun, police said. Windshield damage was estimated at $600 on the equipment....
Horry County schools choose teachers of the year
Found: 15 Hours 2 Minutes ago
The Sun News - Each school within Horry County Schools has selected a teacher to compete for teacher of the year. Other teachers at the schools nominate the teachers for school-level teacher of the year based on professionalism, effectiveness, and commitment to the profession. Each school winner will complete an application for the title of Horry County Schools'Teacher of the Year. Applications are reviewed by a committee of educators, administrators and community representatives. Ten semifinalists will be notified on February 20, 2009 and then five finalists will be notified on March 9. The five finalists will be observed in their classrooms by committee members the week of March 23-31 and the county Teacher of the Year will be named at a banquet on May 5. School winners are:...
Florence man charged in steak theft
Found: 15 Hours 10 Minutes ago
The Sun News - A 40-year-old Florence man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for trying to steal four steaks from Wal-Mart, a police report showed.Billy Randolph Fisher was charged with third-offense shoplifting after he was stopped by a loss prevention employee just before 5 p.m. at the store on Oak Forest Lane, the report showed.The employee told police he saw a man go to the produce section of the store and put four packages of steaks in a bag and tried to walk out of the store with them, the report showed. The steaks were valued at $60.68 and returned to the store....
FESTIVALS AND BAZAARS
Found: 22 Hours 8 Minutes ago
The State - BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH:Crafts bazaar, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday at 10000 Broad River Road, Irmo. Twenty-four local crafters will offer jewelry, wreaths and decorations, clothing, dolls, soaps, candles, Victorian- and Celtic-inspired items, ceramics, food, toys and more. Fair Trade Fair, sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, will feature handcrafted gift items from around the world; new this year are craft and food items from the Ojibwa Native American tribe and the USA Women’s Bean Project. The fair kicks off during the crafts bazaar and items will be available through 10 a.m.-noon weekdays through mid-December at the church. (803) 781-3900; or e-mail bethluch@bellsouth.netWESLEY MEMORIAL UMC:Fall bake, soup and yard sale, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at 2501 Heyward St. (803) 771-4540NEW LIFE SANCTUARY:Bazaar, bake sale, yard sale, sponsored by the choir, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday at 2316 Julius Felder St., Cayce. (803) 447-0884, (803) 737-1338IN THE SPIRITOPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD:Lexington Baptist Church, 308 E. Main St., Lexington, has been designated as the collection site for Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. Once collected, the boxes will be transported to North Trenholm Baptist Church, the central collection site for the Columbia area. Collection times and dates are 4-7 p.m. today; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. For suggested items for the shoe boxes and printable forms, go to www.samaritanspurse.organd click on Operation Christmas Child; or you may call (803) 996-8836....
A test run?
Found: 1 Day 1 Hour 20 Minutes ago
The State - Hilton Head Island already has its own development rules on one of its most congested beaches.Officials imposed restrictions at Forest Beach about two years ago to keep buildings from being built too close to the water. People can build dune walkovers and, in some cases, swimming pools near the beach but not new buildings.Some call the rules a test run for what the council is considering next: applying laws that are stricter than the state’s to the entire island.Not everyone is happy with the rules at Forest Beach.Mike Notartomaso says the state has been fair in its regulation of development, but the town went too far in 2006....
Horry County passes airport project
Found: 1 Day 20 Hours 33 Minutes ago
The Sun News - A bigger passenger terminal at Myrtle Beach International Airport was cleared for takeoff Tuesday after Horry County Council voted in favor of a $130 million project that would expand the terminal from seven to 12 gates.The council also voted 7-4 for preliminary approval of new vendor permit restrictions during the area's motorcycle rallies, which some residents have said bring unwanted noise and rowdy behavior."If I had some fireworks, I'd be lighting them right now,"said County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland after the council voted 10-1 in favor of the third and final reading of the airport project....
County passes airport project
Found: 1 Day 22 Hours 14 Minutes ago
The Sun News - A bigger passenger terminal at Myrtle Beach International Airport was cleared for takeoff Tuesday after Horry County Council voted in favor of a $130 million project that would expand the terminal from seven to 12 gates.The council also voted 7-4 for preliminary approval of new vendor permit restrictions during the area's motorcycle rallies, which some residents have said bring unwanted noise and rowdy behavior."If I had some fireworks, I'd be lighting them right now,"said County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland after the council voted 10-1 in favor of the third and final reading of the airport project....
Van Winkle concedes Horry seat
Found: 1 Day 22 Hours 18 Minutes ago
The Sun News - Keith Van Winkle, the Republican challenger who narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Marion Foxworth for the Horry County Council seat in District 3, on Tuesday conceded losing the election - putting an end to one of the most heated local races this political season.Van Winkle confirmed the authenticity of a statement e-mailed on his behalf earlier in the day that congratulated Foxworth on his victory. Van Winkle lost to Foxworth by 81 votes out of about 10,000 cast in the district, which includes the southern portion of Myrtle Beach and most of Carolina Forest.A recount held after the election upheld Foxworth's victory. Unofficial results after Election Day put Foxworth ahead by 78 votes....
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