Officials say food safety improved after last year's outbreak
State health officials credit a revamped DHEC program for focusing on education and immediate correction of problems at restaurants. They expect higher scores and lower illness risk, noting the Camden Old South buffet outbreak last year that sickened 300 and killed one. The restaurant later reopened with an A rating.
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Camden
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Gary Elliott
Food Protection Division
Elliott
DHEC
South Carolina
Old South
Hospitality Association of South Carolina
Tom Sponselli
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Myrtle Beach expands wheelchair access at beach points
City reports 45 of 149 beach access points usable for wheelchairs and says over 520000 has been spent since last summer to install 14 new entry points. Officials cite more free beach wheelchairs, now totaling 11, amid ongoing disability access lawsuit.
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Myrtle Beach
Beach
Mark Kruea
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National developer eyes Bowater land sale deal
Newland Communities has a contract to buy about 1000 acres of Bowater property along the Catawba River in eastern York County. A coalition including Nation Ford Land Trust and the Girl Scouts offered 13.2 million but Newland plans development with conservation partners. Local officials restricted extending water and sewer services to the environmentally sensitive site.
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Rock Hill
South Carolina
Bowater
York County
Newland Communities
Catawba River
Larry Burton
Vic
National Ford Land Trust
York County Forever
Git! Scouts
Hornets’ Nest Council
Sportsman’s Club
Murray White
Nation
Ford Land Trust
Jeff Bolike
The
Land Trust
York
T He Company
Burton
Nation Ford Land Trust
al Greene
Justice ailing but not dead in Chester
Chester’s veteran prosecutor John Justice, 62, fights illness but remains active. He defends his record amid a growing cocaine crime wave that transformed his office, notes a reduced caseload, and plans to present the budget and attend conferences despite health challenges.
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Chester
West End Street
John Justice
Simpson
Justice
Jack Simpson
National District Attorneys Association
Great Falls
6Th Circuit Solicitor
Chester County Council
State Prosecutors Conference
National Prosecutors Conference
South Carolina
Lancaster
Fairfield
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