North Myrtle Beach Times Serving our Community and the Grand Strand for over 50 years

The city will be hosting its annual Citywide Home Cleanup Day this Saturday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon for residents only.

The city announced that they would be conducting dredging of the sandbars in the canals, starting this Monday, at various locations along the minor channel from 53rd Avenue North, north to where the minor channel intersects with the main channel.

The city was awarded $655,158 from The Horry County Transportation Committee, which will help pave a select number of secondary state roads that need the work, while also allowing city officials to stay on schedule with regular maintenance of roads.

This year’s event will be the 62nd Fish Fry & Barbecue and will be held at the Ocean Drive Elementary School on 11th Avenue North on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The North Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad presented veteran and former firefighter William H. Ewe with a gifted motorized wheelchair and vehicle carrier at the Veteran’s Welcome Home and Resource Center on Highway 57 in Little River.

Horry County Fire Rescue is in the middle of building a new state of the art fire station that will replace the old Station 13.

The day brings together hundreds of volunteers that will work together on one project to make a change and impact the community. This year’s project will be at Oak Tree Farm, an SOS Care Living Community in Conway.

The department announced this weekend that LoeLoe, its explosives detection K-9, passed away last Thursday, Sept. 9.

Under the guidance of God and sunlight and beautiful blue skies North Myrtle Beach has to offer, 45 students of faith from colleges and universities across the country gathered together for one month this summer, laying down their plans with one goal in mind – to advance the kingdom of God.

Alicia Davenport, an English teacher at North Myrtle Beach High School, was honored as the 2022 Horry County Schools’ Rookie Teacher of the Year earlier this month.