Ocean Lakes

You know the kindness rocks that have become so popular spreading love around Ocean Lakes? We’re kicking it up a notch – bluegrass style. Three special rocks – inspired by bluegrass band Balsam Range’s hit “Stacking up the Rocks” – will be hidden in the campground Friday, the first day of our 19th Annual Premier Bluegrass Weekend. Balsam Range is set to hit the stage in our Recreation Center on Saturday. In addition to spreading the love by channeling the band’s song, these special rocks – with praying hands, crosses or the song name on one side and Balsam Range on the other – come with prizes for the lucky ones who find them. n   Guests who snag the rocks should bring them to our Recreation Center to claim Balsam Range merchandise and a special gift from Ocean Lakes. n   Post a pic of them on the Ocean Lakes and Balsam Range social media pages with #stackinguptherocks “We are just trying to send a positive message,” said Mandy Terney, Balsam Range’s t...

Equipment problems have stalled progress on beach renourishment work this week, delaying its arrival on the beach by Ocean Lakes Family Campground. Crews finished repairing offshore equipment and got sand pumping to the beach again Friday morning after a week of delays. The work is expected to reach the beach by Ocean Lakes on Sunday or Monday, barring any additional mechanical or weather delays. Crews work Friday morning to repair the booster pump used to get sand to the beach for renourishment. Mechanical problems with the boosters have delayed progress up the beach this week. Crews have been stuck in the same spot just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach most of the week because of equipment problems with the offshore boosters. The renourishment work stalled just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach this week. Crews resumed renourishment work Friday.  The boosters pump sand to the beach, where crews use heavy equipment t...

If shopping is on your to-do list at the beach this weekend, you’re going to save a few bucks. Shoppers will not pay sales tax on many items – including clothing, bathing suits, beach towels, linens, computers and school supplies - during South Carolina’s Sales Tax Holiday, which kicks off Friday, Aug. 4 and wraps up Sunday. Splurge on that new bathing suit for your vacation. Stock up on the bath towels, bed linens and bath mats you need to outfit your rental house. Or just get that souvenir Myrtle Beach T-shirt.  Shoppers won’t pay the state’s 6 percent sales tax and applicable local tax on those and many other items on the long list of tax-free items this weekend.   Did you know that bathing suits and beach towels are Sales Tax 🆓 this weekend? Find the full list of tax 🆓 items @ https://t.co/QJU40PyOSN pic.twitter.com/UH7ipJq4rz — SCDOR (@SCDOR) August 2, 2017 Not everything will be tax free. Shoppers will still pay taxes on jewelry, co...

The much-needed beach renourishment work is expected to reach the beach by Ocean Lakes Family Campground this week. Crews work on the renourishment project the week of July 24 north of the pier in Surfside Beach. Crews have been steadily progressing up the beach since starting the $26.3 million sand-pumping project just north of the Surfside Beach Pier in late July. Officials can’t pinpoint an exact day when the work will start by Ocean Lakes because of factors including weather (not only on the beach but out in the ocean where the boosters operate) and potential mechanical issues, which have stopped work at times since Friday.  On Tuesday morning, the blocked-off work area extended to just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach. A mechanical issue was keeping sand from pumping Tuesday morning, but crews were working to fix the issue and resume their work. Work is expected to resume Wednesday morning. Once the work resumes, crews with Great Lakes D...