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Editorial: Boy Scouts celebrate

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:59 GMT

Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their 102nd anniversary this week. The youth organization was incorporated on February 8, 1910. In many churches in Georgetown County and around the United States of America, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venture and V ...

Editorial: Change is the one constant

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:30:27 GMT

Georgetown is constantly evolving and changing, and the Georgetown Times also changes with the times. Over the past 15 to 20 years, the world has become a much different place than it used to be.

Beginning in March we will no longer publish a Monday ...

Editorial: Gingrich wins primary

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:31:35 GMT

Newt Gingrich won Georgetown County and South Carolina on Saturday in the Republican Presidential Preference Primary. As debates go, many analysts say he “hit it out of the park” in a pair of debates in Myrtle Beach and Charleston.
He fir ...

Editorial: Politics and everday life

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:18:58 GMT

Quite an interesting time we’re experiencing, isn’t it? We’ve got our routine lives where we’re trying to make a few dollars, deal with tough economic times, raise our kids and grandkids and take part in our charming and pictu ...

Editorial: All politics is local

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:54:35 GMT

Despite all the attention South Carolina is getting right now, the old saw that “All politics is local” is certainly true. We’ve got a slew of Republicans who want to be the nominee for President to face Barack Obama as the all-but- ...

Editorial: Baseball and softball will pay off for county

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:42:22 GMT

Yellow and white balls will fly through the air this summer at the county’s new 8 Oaks Recreation Complex, and will likely lead to a million bucks for Georgetown County and local businesses.
Bunches of hungry kids and their coaches, moms and da ...

Editorial: Every vote counts

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:17:15 GMT

Tuesday’s elections in Andrews and the caucuses in Iowa help make the point that every single vote counts. Reports from the Republican Presidential caucuses in Iowa showed that Mitt Romney had a razor-thin margin of just eight votes over Rick S ...

Editorial: Learning from the past

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:31:35 GMT

New Year’s resolutions are all well and good for many people, but they’re not for everyone. It’s really easy to say that we will go on a diet, exercise and be more efficient. And we hope that most of us can do those things.
But even ...

Editorial: Powerful thoughts

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:45:24 GMT

Many of us have just celebrated the birth of Jesus on Sunday. For Christians, he is the Son of God and the savior of the world. For Jews, Muslims and many others, who don’t acknowledge his divinity, they recognize Jesus of Nazareth as a prophet ...

Editorial: Santa Claus hangs out with AMI Kids

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:29:42 GMT

Instead of a “regular” editorial cartoon, we’ve decided the spirit of Christmas that was on display Sunday night is a fitting message for today. The Jolly Old Elf from the North Pole made an early stop at AMI Kids near Georgetown.
B ...

Editorial: Yes, Virginia. It's still so.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:47:52 GMT

--Editor’s note: Because of the numerous requests we’ve received, we are reprinting Frank P. Church’s 1897 editorial in The New York Sun in response to a young girl’s question about Santa Claus.

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“We take pleasure i ...

Editorial: Mental health and Christmas time

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:09:17 GMT

Over the last few issues of the Georgetown and Waccamaw Times, we’ve had several opinion pieces and letters to the editor relating sad times and events. It’s important to remember and to honor folks.
But, it’s also important to reme ...

Editorial: Anonymous online comments

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:02:27 GMT

For decades, we’ve invited our readers to give us feedback on the issues of the day, the stories we cover and what’s happening in Georgetown County. It is our practice, as it has been with virtually all papers, not to publish anonymous le ...

Editorial: Pearl Harbor Day, Remembering the fallen

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:09:33 GMT

On December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
With those words, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to ...

Editorial: Righteous anger

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:44:50 GMT

Generally speaking, it’s much better to live your life in a good and pleasant manner than it is to get all bent out of shape over the little things that get in your way.
But sometimes, it’s absolutely right to get mad as all get out.
For ...

Editorial: Who's looking out for the folks?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:08:07 GMT

Sinkholes are popping up in the landscape of Georgetown — or is that going to be “opening up?” Work is getting closer to completion on the decades-long awaited drainage project.
Costing about $14 million, the project is supposed to ...

Editorial: Brother's keeper

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:36:01 GMT

Good news for the members of Greater St. Stephen AME Church. They have found a church home to use while their church is rebuilt.
Duncan United Methodist Church has offered the use of their chapel for the congregation which lost its historic structure ...

Editorial: Can we all say "Lowcountry?"

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:44:09 GMT

Drainage — or the lack thereof — has been an issue in Georgetown for decades, and rightly so. When there’s any significant rainfall, roads, ditches and yards tend to accumulate the runoff.

Over the weekend, a sinkhole developed clo ...

Editorial: Money well spent

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:24:41 GMT

Actually, the money hasn’t yet been paid out, but the funding for a tennis complex on the Waccamaw Neck, and a baseball complex at the new Eight Oaks Park west of Georgetown, is money that will be well spent over the next year or so.
The baseba ...

Letter, October 24, 2011

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:05:01 GMT

Outrageous and unjust

Dear Editor:

The Times is to be commended for its reporting of the very serious legal issues raised by the police conduct in investigation and prosecution arising out of the murder of Joey Pope. Friday's edition of your ne ...

Editorial: Fire shows good spirits prevail

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:45:14 GMT

What a tough way to start your morning! Pastor Carl Anderson and his church members from St. Stephen AME Church in Georgetown started their day Sunday with news that the church building was "fully involved" in flames.

The building was destroyed, but ...

Young folks believe American Dream but want Feds to provide it

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:34:58 GMT

By John Brock

Young folks today appear to have the same dreams and ambitions that my generation had at the same age. We wanted an education, a good career, a home of our own and a happy life. The main difference between today's youthful opinion is ...

Editorial: Outside the box

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:42:21 GMT

Bake sales might be a little far-fetched, but thinking outside the box to come up with funds for dredging the Port of Georgetown and the Federal Channel through Winyah Bay is a great idea.
Monday morning, the Port Dredging Task Force met with represe ...

Editorial: Exercise in Democracy

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:31:16 GMT

People have a right to vote, and citizens have a right to seek office in our representative democracy. Those constitutional rights played out in a positive way last Tuesday night at the Georgetown City Council candidates’ forum at the Winyah Au ...

Editorial: Rah-rah, sis-boom-bah

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:20:32 GMT

Cheerleaders do a terrific job on the sidelines of the football field, at basketball games and other sporting events. They’re generally tough, cute and exceedingly talented athletes who help build school spirit. They add a lot to the enjoyment ...