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North Myrtle Beach Mayor J. Baldwin will appear before the State Economic Commission in Columbia next year after allegedly failing to report income.

Baldwin is no stranger to Grand Strand politics. Before being elected mayor last November, Baldwin served more than 20 years on the North Myrtle Beach City Council.

Just over a year into his mayoral tenure, Baldwin is due to appear on Feb. 18, 2027, at a formal hearing for the Commission, which found probable cause that the mayor broke South Carolina law by failing to report his private income from 2023 to 2026, as well as his wife’s income from 2023 to 2025, on annual Statement of Economic Interests (SEI) forms.

The Sun News was unable to reach Baldwin for comment on the case.

Baldwin’s pending case is the second recent case involving a North Myrtle Beach politician before the State Ethics Commission.

What does the complaint allege?

A North Myrtle Beach resident tried submitting a complaint in February, then refiled the complaint with the correct paperwork in April.

“I have obtained financial and contractual documentation indicating that Mr. Baldwin entered into a compensated contractual relationship with the City of North Myrtle Beach during his tenure as an elected official,” the complainant wrote in February.

According to State Ethics Commission documentation, the resident reported meeting with Baldwin about her concerns months earlier.

“I met with Mr. Baldwin on February 24, 2026, and in formed Mr. Baldwin that he failed to report his contracts and income he had with the City of North Myrtle Beach on his SEI Reports,” the complaint says. “Mr. Baldwin stated he was not required to report his business dealings with the city. I provided Mr. Baldwin with the state statute. He stated he would check into it.”

Baldwin did look into it, according to the complainant, telling her that she was correct, and he would file amendments to his SEI submissions, though he wouldn’t include contract amounts because they were a “grey area” and weren’t required. The resident disagreed.

Although Baldwin amended his 2026 SEI filing, he didn’t file to amend SEI reporting for periods when he had contracts with the City of North Myrtle Beach through Baldwin Construction Integrated LLC, according to the complaint. The construction company’s website lists Baldwin as the current owner and operator.

A second North Myrtle Beach ethics case

Last month, Councilwoman Nicki Fontana was ordered to pay $61,500 for failing to file 10 quarterly Campaign Disclosure Reports and one pre-election Campaign Disclosure Report over the course of several years.

The councilwoman said last September that she would not seek reelection. The announcement came a week after Fontana was arrested on a DUI charge, which she maintained was unrelated to her decision not to run again.

Windy Hill’s name may date to 1791, when George Washington visited coastal Horry County on the first president’s Southern Tour.

Windy Hill Beach was one of four towns that merged (1968) with Crescent Beach, Ocean Drive Beach and Cherry Grove Beach into North Myrtle Beach.

Washington’s visit was a topic of The Independent Republic Quarterly of the Horry County Historical Society (Vol. 36, No. 3). A 2022 MyHorryNews article by the late Steve Robertson quoted the quarterly: President Washington and entourage entered South Carolina, north of Little River, on April 27, 1791. Washington wrote in his diary that he dined with James G. Cochran of Little River. “. . . traveling to his next destination the entourage rode along the strand on a windy day. The President’s hat blew off so often that the stretch of beach was called Windy Hill. The name stuck.”

Windy Hill incorporated — became a municipality of the state of South Carolina — on Oct. 19, 1964. The first mayor was John T. Harrell.

Several years earlier, Cherry Grove Beach incorporated in 1959; Crescent Beach in 1951; and Ocean Drive Beach in 1948. The Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church was founded in April 1947 and met in a Main Street movie theater until the original building was constructed on 6^th Avenue South.

Cherry Grove Beach’s name dates to a Cherry Grove Plantation of the 1730s, named for native cherry trees. Cherry Grove had growth in the 1920s, when descendants of Nicholas Nixon subdivided and developed land. In the 1950s, developers filled in an inlet, and combined Futch Beach with Cherry Grove.

The Nixon family name is remembered in Nixon Street in Cherry Grove as well as Nixon’s Crossroads (Sea Mountain Highway and S.C. Route 90) in Little River.

C.B. Berry (1922-2007), the first president of the Horry County Historical Society, helped with the incorporation of Crescent Beach, and was a charter town council member. Berry was mayor multiple terms, and was the final mayor prior to the 1968 merger. The Horry County Parks and Recreation community and historical center in Little River is named for Berry.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Beach patrol is flying purple flags at lifeguard stands as jellyfish sightings and stings are increasing in the Grand Strand.

North Myrtle Beach Beach Patrol Manager Monty Reed said more than 50 stings were reported across the city’s nine miles of beach before noon on Friday.

Two jellyfish species have been spotted most frequently along the Grand Strand: moon jellies and sea nettles. Both leave red rashes where they sting, but the reactions differ.

Moon jelly stings appear as a slightly red rash and typically fade within a few hours. Sea nettle stings are less commonly reported and produce a stronger reaction. They appear as darker red lines and blotching that can last at least a day.

Reed said the increase is typical for August.

“It is quite normal for this time of year,” Reed said. “First of all, water temperature; it’s peak water temperature. Jellyfish are swimmers, but they’re very weak swimmers, so they typically just go with the current. So the prevailing easterly winds kind of pushes them closer to shore.”

Beachgoers are encouraged to check the status of lifeguard flags, as purple flags signal the presence of dangerous marine life in the water.

North Myrtle Beach also has a QR code posted at beach access points and lifeguard stands that displays real-time beach conditions, including when a purple flag is in effect.

What to do if you encounter a jellyfish

Jellyfish can also wash up on the beach and still deliver a sting. Beach patrol asks beachgoers not to touch or bury washed-up jellyfish. Instead, notify nearby patrol so they can be removed.

“We don’t want to bury anything in the sand, because kids play in the sand and we don’t want them digging up the sand and getting stung,” Reed said.

Cooper Ramey, a visitor from out of town, said he was stung twice during his family vacation in Myrtle Beach this week.

“The first one felt like a little bee sting, and it went away fast,” Ramey said. “The second one felt like a bad bee sting, and it didn’t go away for like 20 minutes.”

How to treat a jellyfish sting

Reed said the first step after a sting is to make sure no tentacles remain on the skin, which can usually be done by using a firm, flat object such as a credit card.

Once tentacles are removed, hot water is the recommended treatment.

“Really, the best thing you do is you want to use hot water,” Reed said. “Hot water therapy really is gonna help with the pain. If that’s not readily available, you can always use an ice pack. Those are the kind of the main thing is hot water therapy and cold water if you don’t have hot water available.”

All lifeguard stations carry supplies to assist with jellyfish stings.

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