The Island News Favorites winners: Contact us to place a thank you ad
Please look for The Island News Favorites Winners thank you ads in today’s paper and also the next few weeks.  Because we just totaled the Favorites votes, we have not had enough time to personally notify all the winners for 2012.  Our General Manager Buck Boone will be contacting them over the next couple of weeks to present their certificates.  If you are a winner and would like to schedule a meeting with Buck, please contact him at 843-321-9729.

The Island News announces its first press association award
At an awards ceremony on Saturday, March 17, at Folly Beach, the South Carolina Press Association announced its winners. Editor Pamela Brownstein took third place in the Column Writing category for weekly papers with a circulation more than 6,000. She submitted three samples of her column Pam’s POV. The press association contest recognizes newspapers statewide for writing, design, photography and websites. This is the first press association award in the news contest for The Island News.