Covid has made words such as ‘pandemic,’ ‘quarantine,’ and ‘antibodies,’ - words most of us used only occasionally - now as common as salt and…
This week I began a new chapter in my life when, for only the second time in my life, I became a lady who lives alone.
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Traffic on S.C. 90 has gotten so bad due to new housing developments that Horry County Council plans to spend millions of dollars to upgrade t…
This week’s “It Happened in Horry” is drawn from a remarkable article written by eighth-grader Janel Craigie in 1978.
Like many folks, the pandemic provided me with much unexpected time to work on projects around the house. I spent months working on our farm t…
I remember where I was. I was in elementary school. We had taken the day off because one of our family friends was in town, and we had a play …
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James P. Stevens served for 21 years in the S.C. General Assembly during a time when senators ran their counties like small kingdoms.
I listen to a local radio talk show every morning on the way to work. The conversation is lively and timely, and it makes the 16-mile drive on…
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As the last sweet rays of sunshine begin to set on our summer, teachers, staff, and students have begun the final scramble to prepare for anot…
Not quite sure where she got it, I’ve lifted this from Renee Norris Elvis’ Facebook page because as she said, it’s just too good not to share.
Perhaps I should change the title of my column to say “There’s a lot of things I don’t understand.”
Grief steals our words. In moments of mourning, when the ache of suffering is profound, I have learned that there is often a silence that over…
It has been a hot week in Carolina Forest, so I hope everyone is
The widened Carolina Forest Boulevard opened up on July 30. The barrels were removed and the traffic lights are all working. There was a lot o…
July 30 was Plantation Lakes’ “Music Under the Stars” happy hour. Talented residents Stan Vitale on keyboard and his brother Gus on saxophone …
In memory of Frank Lipshitz, who changed his name to Fred Lipshitz, here are some other strange name changes:
I’ve been thinking about my mountain kinfolk a lot lately.
We often overlook the spiritual realities of life.
Last week, the HOA board and grounds committee chairman met with residents from the Brookberry section of The Farm. The topics discussed were …
We were in Massachusetts this past week to help my sister move into her new apartment. She has accumulated a lot of stuff, so we were trying t…
All six new traffic lights are working on Carolina Forest Boulevard, and we hope the new lights make the road much safer.
The drive for A Day of Hope was a huge success. Thank you to Donna and Keith Wynn and Jackie and Elwin Miles for coordinating such a great event.
Gee William put this information on Structuring Sentences for Dummies, a site to which I admit being seriously, uncontrollably addicted.
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