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🌱 Ocean Boulevard Improvements + License Plate Readers Coming

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Blue Heron at Morse Park Landing, Murrells Inlet. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Mandell
Blue Heron at Morse Park Landing, Murrells Inlet. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Mandell (Kathleen Mandell)

Welcome back, Myrtle Beach! Let's get you all caught up to start this Thursday, March 24, 2022 off on an informed note. Here's everything happening today in town.

First, today's stormy weather:

Thunderstorms, severe early. High: 69 Low: 50.

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Here are the top five stories today in Myrtle Beach:

  1. Myrtle Beach leaders, engineers and residents gave their input for safety improvements on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach at a meeting Tuesday night. Over the last five years there have been over 1,000 crashes on Ocean Boulevard. The first order of business for city leaders is that they want to hear from you. Some ideas already submitted include painting bicycle lanes, shutting down Ocean Boulevard on weekends, and making more uniform signage. (WMBF)
  2. Shooting fireworks may soon be a year-round activity in Surfside Beach. Up until now, fireworks have only been allowed in Surfside on July 4, but it looks like that may change. A new ordinance would allow shooting fireworks every day, almost anywhere in town with a couple of exceptions. Fireworks would not be allowed overnight between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Other restrictions apply, check out the link for more details. (Myhorrynews)
  3. The pickin's are slim as far as single-family homes for sale on the Grand Strand lately! Here are two Myrtle Beach area open houses scheduled on Friday and Saturday. One is in Surfside Beach, the other is a two-story home in Myrtle Beach. (Myrtle Beach Patch)
  4. Think INSIDE the box! Visitors to Matt Hughes Skate Park in Myrtle Beach now have access to a "Giving Box" if they want to skate at the park but don't own a skateboard! The unique idea was a special project done by the STEAM class at Pepper Geddings Recreation Center, and the box was built from repurposed materials that children aged 5 to 10 helped gather up from leftover projects at the recreation center. Inside the box are five skateboard decks, three sets of wheels, and some stickers. (wpde.com)
  5. Horry County is getting busy installing 23 license-plate readers along major roads leading into and out of the county. Cameras will take a photo of a car's plate as it passes by, and the photos will be sent to the National Crime Information Center. The idea is to locate stolen vehicles, and missing persons. The cameras are set to be fully installed this year, within the next several weeks to months. Each camera costs over $2,000 and funding came from multiple grants. (WBTW)

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Today in Myrtle Beach:

  • Myrtle Beach Fire Dept. Car Seat Safety Event @ Target on Seaboard Street (10:00 AM)
  • Towable RV Show @ Pelicans Stadium (10:00 AM) event runs through Sunday, March 27
  • Surfside Beach Stormwater Committee @ Town of Surfside Beach (2:00 PM)
  • Bil Krauss @ Inlet Beer Garden (4:00 PM)
  • Open Mic Night w/Grant Golden @ Bar Louie (7:00 PM)


From my notebook:

  • Another April event you might be interested in is Pedal In The Park. It's happening April 1, and this isn't an April Fools joke! The event runs all day at North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex. (NMB.us)
  • This post made my day!! Nextdoor Neighbor, Market Common: "If you have not subscribed to Patch, you should check it out! - Brief daily newsletter About LOCAL news and events. A great way to keep up with what's happening around Myrtle Beach. You do not get ad-bombed either. I just found the date for Taste of Market Common in today's brief. (Nextdoor) Thanks, Cindy V. for writing this post on NextDoor! I really appreciate it!!
  • Did you know? You can adopt a beach access in North Myrtle Beach! The Keep NMB Beautiful committee is looking for volunteers to adopt a beach access area in the city. Volunteers will be responsible for cleaning their adopted access two times a month during May through September, and once a month from October through April. Dog waste bag dispensers need to be refilled as well. The volunteer will be responsible for filling out a form and submitting it to the committee for record-keeping purposes. Volunteers can be individuals or groups. See link for more info! (NMB.us)
  • The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach: It's time to sign up for our 2nd Annual In The Doghouse Kennel Lock In Fundraiser! Do you love animals enough to step into their paws and spend a day in their lives? We are sniffing out animal advocates who are willing to be "locked-in" here at our shelter with the goal of raising their adoption fees to help us save more animals in our community! (Facebook)
  • Horry County Schools: The 2022 HCS Tech Fair is one week away, live, and in-person! The event will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center from 10 am - 2 pm and is open to the public. Visit www.horrycountyschools.net/tec... for more details! (Facebook)
  • A 15-year-old girl who was a Type 1 diabetes patient at Grand Strand Medical Center more than two years ago made news when she reunited with the nurse who took care of her, and introduced the nurse to the service dog that shares her name. Caroline Kay was cared for by Penny Doyle, who has been a nurse for more than 30 years. When Caroline got her service dog, who is a specially-trained diabetes alert dog, she named the labradoodle Penny, after her favorite GSMC nurse! Their reunion was emotional, as the two reminisced and caught up on the past couple of years. (WBTW)

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That's it for Thursday, Grand Strand! I'll see you Friday for another edition of the Myrtle Beach Daily.

— 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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