North Myrtle Beach

By Arleen Lopano The Little River Lions Club recently held their annual Pancake Supper at Matthews Pancake House in Little River. The event is a major fundraiser for our club and 100 percent of the money raised goes back into the community in form  of providing eyeglasses, hearing aids for needy children and adults, building handicap access ramps, student scholarships, Disaster relief and helping the less fortunate in our community plus other worthwhile projects. We want to thank Bessim Tabaka and his staff at Matthews Pancake House plus the many contributors at our Silent Auction from the business community and …

Under the coordination of North Myrtle Beach Lions Club President and Little River Rotarian Sandy Boggs, a very successful food collection took place last week. Eleven hundred bags, generously donated by Food Lion, were distributed  to residents of Plantation Pines, Pine Needle Estate, Coquina Harbor, Heather Glenn and Colonial Charter communities. A few days later the volunteers combed the neighborhoods for bags of non-perishable food items. The donations were delivered to several local church food banks including: Trinity United Methodist, Little River United Methodist, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic, Living Water Baptist and North Myrtle Beach Vineyard Churches.

Each year the North Myrtle Beach Lions Club participates in a Lions International art competition. This year the contest, which is aimed for middle school students, had as its theme ”Together as One”.  The local Lions  collaborated  with Merideth Craven, the middle school art teacher at North Myrtle Beach Middle School. Lion Nils Regnell collected the students’ submissions and the Lions voted for the winners. Checks were awarded to the three top artists. The first place drawing will move onto district, state, national and international competition.

North Myrtle Beach Middle School students know how to turn trash into treasures. The school  submitted an entry to the Horry County Solid Waste Authority’s annual POP (Protect Our Planet)  Art Recycling Contest. Eighth grader Edwin Mendoza created an ocean scene made out of crayons  entitled “The World is in Our Hands”, which was selected as the grand prize winner in the Horry County Solid Waste Authority’s POP Art Contest. As grand prize winner, Mendoza received an electronic reading device, a medal and a prize pack of recycled-content items including school supplies. This was the 22nd year the Horry County …

Grand Strand Health is expanding access to emergency medical care in Horry County with the groundbreaking of a new freestanding emergency room located in Little River. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 8 to 9 a.m. at 1586 U.S. Highway 17 in Little River. Community leaders, hospital representatives and local officials will come together to celebrate this important milestone that will bring high quality, 24/7 emergency services closer to home for Little River residents and neighboring communities. “Little River ER reflects our commitment to making high quality emergency care accessible to our community,” said Mark …

By John Smithson The City of North Myrtle Beach celebrated the opening of the second phase of the Sports Complex last Friday afternoon with a special ceremony and the planting of over 200 trees in the park. City staff took time to thank the people who made the park a reality and celebrated the 20 years as a Tree City USA. Director of Parks and Recreation Matt Gibbons spoke about the effects resulting from the first phase of the park and that it was more than a dog park, playgrounds and fields. “It is hard to imagine the city without …

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 27, 2025, Sergeant Christopher Bellamy was conducting a routine patrol in the Cherry Grove Beach neighborhood of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., when, by chance, he looked over to the waterway behind a residence on 33rd Avenue North and noticed what appeared to be a golf cart overturned in the waterway. Sergeant Bellamy immediately turned around to investigate the apparent incident and arrived at a residence located at 406 33rd Avenue North. Upon exiting his patrol vehicle, Sergeant Bellamy heard screams coming from the rear of the house and observed other residents running towards the …

By Jill Roman Driftwood Garden Club members enjoyed a fabulous lunch of salad and pizza at the home of Patricia Veltri for their November meeting. Patricia, a former flower shop owner, demonstrated how to make floral arrangements. She began by layering greenery to create a base. She then demonstrated the “3-5-8 rule” in floristry as a guideline for creating a balanced bouquet with three types of focal flowers, five stems of medium flowers and eight stems of filler flowers. This ratio helps create a visually pleasing arrangement by ensuring a harmonious combination of floral elements. Also for the meeting, the …

By Mary Templeton The Budding Ecotots in Kim Holloway’s kindergarten class prepared not one, but two, gardens on Friday, November 14, 2025. Yaupon Garden Club members gathered to assist the students as they built their classroom terrarium and planted pansies in their Ecotot Garden. Yaupon Garden Club member Mary Templeton reviewed the two previous meetings in September and October before introducing YGC member Graceann Phillips.  She explained that the students would be given a chance to build a terrarium by adding rocks, soil and finally a succulent. Yaupon Garden Club members Margaret Graham, Bette Hurt, Gail Norden, Lynne Payne, Belinda …

By Diane Billard The 17th Annual Rotary Club of Little River 5K Run was held on Saturday, November 1, along the historic waterfront district in Little River. While it was a little chilly, it was the perfect running weather. This year, there were over 100 runners.  Overall winners were Craig Wahl from Myrtle Beach in the men’s category with 19:04.78 and Lyra Ice from Conway with 25.06.12 in the women’s category.  There was a great diversity of age groups. Ed Murray kicked off the event and Lisa Moore sang the national anthem. The Little River Rotarians staffed the registration table …