The North Myrtle Beach Parks & Recreation Department announces its next Pedal in the Park with a Superhero theme. Bring your bicycles out to the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex on Friday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. for a leisurely three mile starlit bike ride. The ride starts at sunset (approximately 7:15 p.m.) and will begin and end at the amphitheater. There will also be a one mile junior course. This is not a race, so you can bike at your own pace. The North Myrtle Beach  Pilot Club will be in attendance to educate brain and helmet …

North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick’s Day CELEBRATION this Saturday still on go…Happy St. Patrick’s Day to EVERYONE and be all Irish next Tuesday!!!Madison RILEY of North Myrtle Beach has been named a Fall 2019 President’s List honoree at the University of South Carolina Beaufort…Larry O’DONOHUE making sure his insurance clients are informed about their policies and coverage…Jimmy FLOYD keeping check on his community friends and their well being…Linda SICELOFF and Todd making early morning trip to beach to take care of their newspapers…Steven HILL doing very good job for Dad Steve at Golden Griddle Pancake House…Special appreciation extended to Abby …

EVERYONE being wished a great “green” day on Tuesday, March 17, as you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day…FIRST RESPONDERS Appreciation Celebration will be held on Saturday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the corner of Meeting and Casey Streets…Holly HENIFORD is celebrating her birthday on Friday, March 13…Brooke NORRIS, Cathy SNEAD and Jimmy HOLMES are all enjoying their birthdays on Saturday, March 14…Jamie NAYLE is having her birthday on Tuesday, March 17…Courtney Paige GRAINGER and Jan JOHNSON Jr. are both looking forward to their birthdays on Wednesday, March 18…Danny FLOWERS is turning a year older on Thursday, March …

By Sherry Fowler Quick Loris Garden Club is hosting the Coastal District Spring Luncheon meeting this Thursday, March 12, from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McLeod Loris Fitness Center. Approximately 150 gardeners from Horry, Georgetown, Dillon, Florence, Marion and Williamsburg Counties will be attending.  Coastal District Director, David Stoudenmire, of Loris will be facilitating throughout the day.  Patricia Binder, president of The Garden Club of South Carolina, will be speaking around 10 a.m.  Dr. Muriel O’Tuel, a local North Myrtle Beach author and former educator, will be the keynote speaker beginning at 1:15 p.m.

Jeri McCUMBEE serving as grand marshal for the 32nd St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 14, at 9 a.m. in North Myrtle Beach…Big event coming up soon for David STOUDENMIRE???A great big hello to Donna RHODES at Donna’s Beauty Shop…We would like to welcome our new MEMBERS to the Loris Chamber of Commerce and introduce them to the community as Cotton Pickin Cute and Kenya Wright of Loris and Duncan Group Properties and Ford Duncan of Conway…Bobby McCUMBEE so proud of daughter Jeri and wants everyone to read about her many accomplishments…Congratulations to Kenya WRIGHT on opening her new …

The city of North Myrtle Beach welcomes over 300 collegiate sports teams from 35 states and the District of Columbia in March. The teams will participate in a series of spring training events held at the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex and other city facilities. These sports tourism events will have a direct impact of $5.5 million on the local economy. Of the 300 teams, 101 are collegiate softball teams participating in the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic event. Held here for the seventh consecutive year, teams from 25 different states representing NCAA – DII and DIII, NAIA, NJCAA …

At the Monday, March 2, North Myrtle Beach City Council meeting, Council members recognized the North Myrtle Beach 12-Under, 15-Under and 17-Under youth soccer teams for their excellent performance during the 2019 season. The 12-Under team emerged as District Champions and made it to the State tournament. The 15-Under team fought to become District Champions and went on to become State Champions. The 17-Under Team took District Champion and State Champion honors, feats they have repeated for at least five successive years.

During their March 2 meeting, North Myrtle Beach City Council members recognized the detectives who worked to solve the 1996 Shawn Marie Neal case. Neal was murdered on June 2, 1996 in North Myrtle Beach. Detectives and SLED  investigated, but with few leads, the case went cold. North Myrtle Beach detectives did not give up on the case and in 2017, relying on advances in DNA collection and cataloging, detectives reopened the Neal investigation, hoping to bring closure for the victim’s family members and to serve justice. Some murder scene items suspected of containing additional DNA material were sent to …

The following information was released by the city of North Myrtle Beach. The city of North Myrtle Beach received some phone calls and emails asking about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and how to avoid contracting it. Here is some basic information: SYMPTOMS – Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure. The most common symptoms are fever, cough and shortness of breath. Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed COVID-19 cases. Existing underlying heart, respiratory or other medical conditions, coupled with older age, may play a significant role in cases where people have died …

Cleo and Dick STEELE officially moving back to Toledo, Ohio, in about six weeks…Sam STEVENS having the best neighbors ever…Mrs. Mary LIVINGSTON sounding and doing great these days at 92 years of age and Sylvia just her right hand daughter…Michele LoPINTO talking about how time is flying by???Lawrence LANE and Lynn BELLAMY getting 46 year old palm tree taken care of where it died from pressure washing building chemicals…TACO BELL holding grand opening on Wednesday, March 11… Stephen GREENE of North Myrtle Beach named to Rochester Institute of Technology Dean’s List for 2019 Fall semester…Lawrence WILLOUGHBY checking to be sure …