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News for the Carolinas
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
In the end, council approved an ordinance where bike rally permits will still last seven days. Set up and take down would be restricted to 9 a.m. set up on the first day, and 9 p.m. take down on the last day. The permit cost will also be lowered and will now total $300-$500,depending on location.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
It's time to get ready for the fall motorcycle rally on the Grand Strand.
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Friday, June 03, 2011
Occupancy rates of the Grand Strand's lodging industry for the period between Easter and Memorial Day weekend are up slightly compared to last year.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
A preliminary sample of Myrtle Beach properties for the Memorial Day weekend are much higher when compared to 2010.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
In 2008, the Myrtle Beach City Council and Horry County Council launched an effort to "Take Back May," passing ordinances designed to end or restrict the large motorcycle rallies that had come to dominate the month of May. Part of the effort to end the rallies was to add new events to help fill the void the rallies left behind.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
To accommodate the more than 50,000 bikers expected in Atlantic Beach this weekend for Bikefest, major shifts in traffic patterns around the town have been put in place.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
The chutes funneling traffic into Atlantic Beach for Bikefest won't be in place until 4:00 a.m. Friday, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is already observing police activity and treatment of black tourists on the Grand Strand.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
It has been nearly 30 years since the Atlantic Beach Bikefest first revved its engine. The Memorial Day Weekend rally has seen many changes but memories of how it started and how far it has come last. What are your memories of Atlantic Beach Bikefest?
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Monday, May 23, 2011
As the Harley Davidson Spring Bike Rally ended Sunday, the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest is making final preparations for its May 27th kickoff.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
As bikers spend their last weekend of the 2011 Harley Rally on the Grand Strand, the profile of today's biker is far from the long-past image of young leather-clad rebels invading a small town, intent on hellraising. Many of today's rally-goers are professionals.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
The Carolina Harley Davidson Association moved its rally to New Bern, North Carolina three years ago, in protest of the now repealed Myrtle Beach helmet law.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
North Myrtle Beach officials say people may see the city's "eye in the sky" helicopter flying over the North Myrtle Beach area.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Hundreds of vendors are selling their wares at this year's Spring Harley Rally on the Grand Strand, including a few you might not expect to see catering to thousands of bikers.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
What do you think of the remaining anti-bike rally ordinances in Myrtle Beach, especially the limitations on vendors and exhaust noise? Will they keep bikers outside of city limits or have bikers forgiven the city enough to come back?
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
NewsChannel 15 takes a look at the history of the Harley Motorcycle Rally on the Grand Strand, from its humble beginning in May of 1940, to its heyday when attendance reached around half a million bikers, to its recent decline, to the new hope for a Bike Rally renaissance.
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