Letters to the Editor

Since when did Horry County Council become an elite Club of handpicked members with e-mail access to the Chairwoman?

By Birgit H.Darby
Since when did Horry County Council become an elite Club of handpicked members with e-mail access to the Chairwoman?
Thanks to the Sun News and staff writer, Claudia Lauer, for the expose’of the shenanigans going on behind closed doors, or should we say “secret computer e-mails” within the hierarchy of our County Council?  Thanks [...]

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Hard Rock Park: Selling the Second Season

The new owners of the Hard Rock Theme Park have many challenges before them as they work to bring the park to life for a second season.
One of those challenges is overcoming the failures of the previous owners, who drove the amusement park into bankruptcy. One of the most often sited failures was in [...]

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Talking With Ted Bell

Ted Bell is one of the deejays for 94.9The Surf  in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. He’s on the air from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, and then hosts the All Request Beach Music Café from noon until 2 p.m.
Ted, who knew he wanted to  be a radio deejay when he was 11 years [...]

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The Coach’s Perspective: The Economic Crisis… The Bail-Out… And You…

Alternatives NewsMagazine and Coast Magazine will be featuring a new column by life coach and motivational speaker Thomas H. Swank, CBC. 
As founder and president of both DevelopingFoward.com and Executive Coaching International, it is Tom’s vision to utilize his extensive leadership background, sales and motivational skills to assist organizations and their people with the process of [...]

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Letter to the Editor: Proposed coal plant needs open review of its needs, costs

The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. Wildlife Federation have called for an open review of a new coal-fired plant being proposed by Santee Cooper, the state’s public utility. We asked the Santee Cooper Advisory Board, consisting of five of our state Constitutional Officers, to provide the same kind of objective and [...]

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FBI in the Middle of Southern Holdings Cover Up

By the time a lawsuit was filed in federal court in May 2002 by the Southern Holdings plaintiffs, a conspiracy to cover up the events of June and August 2000 was already well under way with the knowing participation of both the FBI and SLED.
To recap quickly, the federal lawsuit, now resting in the 4th [...]

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Under Construction! The New MyrtleBeachAlternatives.com

Gentle Readers,
I want to introduce you to the new MyrtleBeachAlternatives.com. We are still under construction here, but with the new site, you can see comes a new look and a bunch of new features. Over on the right, you will see a big link to Alternatives.sc, where you can read our “on-line flip-book” version of [...]

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Arts Along The Waccamaw

Art Works, CLASS And The Moveable Feast
Effective January 1, this venerable trio will move into The Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange. The telephone number will remain 843-235-9600; the website will remain www.classatpawleys.com; the hours will be 9 to 5, Monday through Saturday. Original work by 11 artists will be featured: Kathi [...]

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We’re Tar-red Of Pollution

Dear Editor:
We are members of the CAAP “Communities Against Asphalt Plant”. Our current goal is to get SC DHEC to reverse it’s air quality permit for the a hot mix asphalt plant which is relocating from Marion County to Horry County on Mt. Pisgah Cemetery Road, Conway off of Rt. 701N. This asphalt [...]

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