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Getting ready for the show
Posted - 06-26-2009
Campers at the Marlboro Area Arts Council’s annual Children’s Performing Arts Camp practice a dance number under the direction of Bonnie Stillwell Wednesday morning. The week-long day camp wraps up Friday evening with a free performance at the Marlboro Civic Center at 7 p.m. The theme for the show is “Disco Fever.”
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Board fails to act on budget
Posted - 06-26-2009
The Marlboro County School District will enter the 2009-2010 fiscal year without an approved budget in place. This is a result of the proposed budget failing first reading at the school board meeting Monday evening.
The members of the board split on the vote to approve the budget with Barbara Ohanasian, Nan Fleming, Mike Winburn and John McInnis voting against the budget. Michael Toms, Michael Coachman, Danny Driggers and Robert Goff voted to accept first reading of the budget. Board...
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City gets $496,000 for repair of sewer lines
Posted - 06-26-2009
The city of Bennettsville has been notified that it has been awarded a $496,000 conditional federal stimulus grant for repairs to its sewer lines and lift stations.
City Administrator Max Alderman told the Herald-Advocate Tuesday that he received official notice that the city has been awarded this Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from federal stimulus funds through the Pee Dee Council of Governments and the S.C. Department of Commerce.
Alderman noted that this grant is in...
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Motive for shooting still under investigation
Posted - 06-26-2009
The motive behind a shooting at a Bennettsville convenience store Tuesday night is still under investigation, according to police.
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County sees drop in jobless figures
Posted - 06-26-2009
In spite of a significant increase at the state level, unemployment in Marlboro County was actually down in May, according to the latest statistics released by the South Carolina Employment Security Commission.
The county’s unemployment rate was 19.8 percent in May, down from a revised rate of 21.4 percent in April. That difference, along with increases in both Marion and Union counties, moved it down from third-highest to fifth-highest in the state.
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Post 60 gets little relief
Posted - 06-26-2009
The Post 60 junior legion baseball team snapped its three-game losing slump Monday with romp of Cheraw.
Marlboro County beat Cheraw for the third straight time this season in a 11-3 road victory.
Unfortunately, Post 60 was on the receiving of a blowout loss Tuesday in a 16-6 defeat to Florence.
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