Repeat visitors fuel Myrtle Beach motels facing condo boom
Myrtle Beach hotel owners rely on loyal families who return year after year, with 74 percent of Grand Strand visitors having prior experience in the area. The tradition anchors a $5 billion tourism industry, but aging small motels like the Firebird Motor Inn face replacement by planned 13 and 20 story condo towers, threatening the longtime guest bonds.
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Palm Crest
Grand Strand
Benton
Myrtle Beach Area
Chamber
Brad Dean
Fred Brumbaugh
Firebird Motor Inn
Brumbaugh
Firebird
Tina Mack's Kindergarten and Day Care Paved Integration
Tina Mack opened her Lexington County kindergarten in 1957 and a day care in 1961. She and her family expanded to integrate early on, welcoming minority children in the 1980s. Clarsha Thompson, among four minority graduates in 1984, credits Mack with inspiring success.
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Columbia
Tina Mack
Mack
Lexington
Annie Laurie George
George
Lexington County
Pat Thompson
Clarsha
Clarsha Thompson
Thompson
Carol
Norman Pellerin
Oak Grove
Pellerins
Carol Pellerin
Tina
Lexington High School
Clemson
Florida A&m
General Electric Advanced Materials Plant
Charlotte
N.C
Miss Mack
Gabe Fingerlin
Christopher Gladden
Chandler Mack
Brandon Mack
Grayson Fingerlin
Stalker Causes Fear At Suburban High School
A concerned reader warns of a high school stalker harassing a girl, following her home, and threatening violence. Experts urge immediate police involvement and legal action, noting stalking laws nationwide and the need for swift law enforcement response.
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Abby
Louisville
Willy
Lawrenceville
University OF North Carolina
Washington, D.C
Abigail van Buren
Jeanne Phillips
Pauline Phillips
Los Angeles
U.S
Anger
Mount Morris
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