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🌱Free Admission To Surfside Pier + CCMF Announces Two More Performers
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Hello Myrtle Beach and Happy Thanksgiving! Before I start today's Daily, I just want to say how thankful I am for all of you! Your feedback, photo contributions and messages of encouragement are appreciated more than you know! Today is Thursday, November 24, 2022 and in today's MB Daily you'll find news about:
- After it opens, Surfside Pier will be free to visitors for one year!
- Residents who lost work due to Hurricane Ian may be eligible for unemployment comp.
- Carolina Country Music Fest 2023 adds two more big-name acts!
But first, let's check the Thanksgiving weather forecast:
Showers on and off throughout the day. High: 64 Low: 60.
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Here are the top five stories in Myrtle Beach today:
- Surfside Beach has announced that admission to its rebuilt pier will be free for the first year. Surfside's town council voted unanimously to let visitors use the pier for free for one year once it opens. The repairs are expected to be finished in April. Previously, the town had charged a $1 admission fee for non-residents to use the pier that was destroyed in 2016 by Hurricane Matthew. (wpde.com) (WBTW) (WMBF) Surfside Beach Presbyterian Church repairs are also underway after its bell tower was struck by lightning on the Fourth of July. (WBTW)
- A puppy that was found chained to a tree without food or water in the woods in Myrtle Beach was saved by a person who had heard an animal "screaming" in the woods for several days. All About Animals Rescue and Transport helped rescue the young canine that they named "Gray." The six month old dog is being cared for at Advanced Vet Care in Conway. All About Animals would welcome donations towards Gray's continued veterinary care. (wpde.com)
- A 37-year-old Myrtle Beach woman was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child after her newborn baby tested positive for drugs. The arrest warrant indicates that police were called to Grand Strand Medical Center in October when the child was left abandoned at the hospital. The baby tested positive for opiates and amphetamines. The child was given to the Department of Social Services. The mother had also tested positive for the same drugs after giving birth. She was granted a $10,000 bond but remains in custody at Long Detention Center. (WMBF)
- Residents in Horry and Georgetown counties who lost work due to Hurricane Ian are able to apply for disaster-related unemployment assistance. FEMA has identified people living or working in the two counties as eligible to receive unemployment assistance funds via Disaster Unemployment Assistance. A worker's unemployment must be the direct result of Hurricane Ian. Assistance is available for the period of October 2, 2022 through May 27, 2023. Certain criteria applies so be sure to check with SCDEW for all the information. (WBTW)
- The sold-out Carolina Country Music Festival has just announced two more acts for its 2023 list of performers. Tracy Lawrence and Hardy were added to the main stage lineup. (wpde.com) (WMBF)
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Myrtle Beach pic of the day:
Reader David Mahmood sent in this beautiful sunset pic that he captured in Cherry Grove recently. Thanks for the pretty photo, David!
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Thanksgiving Day in Myrtle Beach:
- Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trots @ Four Grand Strand Locations (8 a.m.)
- Plantation Lakes Turkey Trot @ Plantation Lakes, 505 Shoreward Dr. (8:30 a.m.)
- Socastee Turkey Bowl 2022 @ Crabtree Gym, Market Common (8:30 a.m.)
- Family Fitness Day @ Grand Park Lake, Market Common (9:30 a.m.)
- N.O.A.H. No One Alone on the Holiday! @ Low Country Community Church (noon)
- Thanksgiving Meal @ Hope's Kitchen (6:30 p.m.)
Friday in Myrtle Beach:
- Caleb Wygal Black Friday book signing @ Litchfield Books (10 a.m.)
- MarshWalk Wonderland of Lights @ Murrells Inlet MarshWalk (5 p.m.)
- Hues Corporation: Rock the Boat @ The Asher Theatre (7 p.m.) also Nov. 26 matinée
- Karen As Dolly: Dolly Parton tribute @ Black Drum Brewing (7 p.m.)
- Chasing Revelry @ Tavern in the Forest (8 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- ICYMI: Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Of Commerce reported that Southwest Airlines is a presenting sponsor for Winter Wonderland at the Beach this year. (Press Release Desk) In a separate press release, MBACC announced that the Shoppes at Magnolia Row will also sponsor Winter Wonderland.
- Horry Georgetown Technical College Professor Maravillas Lencina is celebrating the success of her award-winning documentary, Stolen Babies of Spain. Dr. Lencina also wrote a book of the same title, chronicling the struggle of more than 300,000 Spanish babies who were stolen at birth. (Press Release Desk)
- Here are this week's five upcoming open houses in and around the Myrtle Beach area. It's a long weekend for some folks, so why not check out these homes? Happy house hunting! (Myrtle Beach Patch)
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans: "The ballpark will be closed beginning at 12 noon on Wednesday, November 23 and will reopen on Monday, November 28 at 9 a.m. Wishing you all a safe and healthy Thanksgiving holiday! --- #MBPelicans" (Myrtle Beach Pelicans via Instagram)
- Catch the Nutcracker ballet in Myrtle Beach for two weekends: December 10 and 11, and December 17 and 18. The Coastal Youth Ballet will be performing the show at the Palmetto Pointe Church of God auditorium. (wpde.com)
You're officially in the loop for Thanksgiving. There won't be a newsletter on Friday. I'll be back in your inbox Saturday morning with another update! Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
— Kathy Mandell
About me: The best decision I ever made was relocating to the Myrtle Beach area from New England a few years ago, with my three dogs and three cats. I enjoy dogs, cats, road trips, photography, writing, vegetarian food, live music, bicycling and above all my daily walks on the beaches in and around the Grand Strand.
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