🚨 Pee Dee United Against Violence: Community Unity Rally 🚨
Join us Saturday, August 22, 2026, from 10 AM–1 PM at Florence Memorial Stadium for a FREE community event focused on peace, unity, and hope.
Gun violence has affected too many families. This rally is about bringing together residents, churches, leaders, organizations, and families to stand together and show our youth that our community cares.
We’re proud to be collaborating with Two Wheels Production to help bring this event together.
We’re looking for:
🤝 Community partners
🎤 Guest speakers
🙌 Volunteers
💧 Donations of supplies
💙 Support from local organizations
Bring your family, a lawn chair, and come be part of something positive.
One Community. One Voice. One Future.
#PeeDeeUnitedAgainstViolence #FlorenceSC #CommunityUnityRally

i know some people don’t care, some people do. florence need to upgrade on so many things, especially the movie theater. we are right off of i-95 and i-20. we should have a movie theater with imax or screen x. i’m so lazy to go out of town to watch a 2-3 hour movie with great features. i know this will not change, but im just putting that out there. it will always be too good to be true for this town to be advanced. i’m just ranting and being a crybaby, anyways.. :’(

Is the 7 brew open yet!? I saw cars there yesterday but I thought they set a date for August?

Hello everybody. I’m looking for a place that offers horse riding lessons for adults. Does anybody know of anything local where two people can learn at once thank you.

Hey yall if there’s any mens league or pick up I’d like to join my friend was huge on soccer and I used to be a goal keeper was wondering if anyone had any info thanks

Visiting for a few days. What the absolute best barbecue in town? Preferably open for lunch?

My mom is a 57-year-old widow in the Turbeville area. The back door to her home has deteriorated to the point that it really needs to be replaced. I live three hours away in upstate SC, I am no handyman myself, and I am doing my best to support her as I can.

Does anyone know of a trustworthy handyman, nonprofit, church ministry, or organization in her area that could help a widow with projects like this? Simply to install the door and new weather stripping, seals, etc. I’m looking for honest, affordable options.

She still works full time, and would probably feel like a burden if she knew I was even trying to help her. She has been taken advantage of on past home repairs, and I am trying to help prevent that.

I’d really appreciate any recommendations. Thank you!

Been living here for about a year and a half now. Just got out of a relationship that lasted a little over a year, and I consider her a friend still (we are on great terms)— but I realized in this time I haven’t really found my group here in Florence. Moved from Charleston where I spent 8/9 years and before that it was New York my whole life. I have my groups in both those respective areas but I seldom get the opportunity to visit as my schedule seems to be more and more crazy lately.

I’m 34 and am sober! My friend groups drink which I’m fine with. My recovery is just an important part of my life. I mean Florence itself has an absolutely amazing recovery community but there’s only so much recovery activities and friendships I can make. Some of those guys are addicted to recovery honestly, and it makes it draining.

But for those who grew up here, or those who just are social and always finding something awesome to do. What are your tips for developing some genuine friendships here? I have my acquaintances and people I might hang with once every two months but it’s so inconsistent.

I am also finding it difficult to find activities to do here in town? Love the nature trails. Golfing is always a good time and kayaking is like meditation for me. But in Florence proper it seems like things to actually do are few and far between. I don’t know. I’m just feeling really good and like I want to expand my relationships in this town. Newfound sobriety again has really opened me up to sticking it out in this town for awhile. With that I’m optimistic about meeting some great people and experiencing some new things! What’s some of y’all’s experiences / tips. Appreciate it!

Has anyone else been having constant Spectrum outages or power flickering? I live near central Florence, not far from 5 points.

Internet outages have been happening on my street for up to an hour each day at random times, but today it's been out for almost 4 hours. Overall internet quality has been bad too, lots of packet loss in the evenings.

Power outages are rarer but we've had at least 3 in the past month, lasting around 10-20 seconds. Not sure if it's construction or just good ol' Florence infrastructure struggling in the heat?

Neither utility has sent me any kind of notice about anything so I feel a bit in the dark. I'll likely call Spectrum this week but I'm not holding out too much 💀. My last encounter with Spectrum customer service (different state) probably aged me 30 years.

So I practice every day for at least 15 to 20 min. Looking for someone who wouldn’t mind giving some pointers and maybe sharing some music. I love all music, I’ve been working on so into you by Tamia(bar cords suck, but I don’t want to need a kpo), Higher by Creed, Too Good at Goodbyes by Sam Smith, Simple Man, and Horse with no name by America. I would love to be able to get somewhere with So into you. I’m struggling big time with that one.
Any bit you might help me improve would be greatly appreciated! I have no music background and negative natural talent. Just a heads up. I know most of the basic cords. Thank you in advance!

Does anyone have any recommendations for a primary care physician in Florence, SC? I am in search of a new one.

Hi Florence!

Hoping to clear up some confusion...

My fiancé and I are from Florence, and have been planning to get married in the mountains in NC this Oct. I was looking on Florence County's website for info on when to apply for our marriage license when I saw where it says, "The ceremony must take place in SC, but not necessarily in the county where the license was issued".

If we have a ceremony in NC, do we need to wait to sign the documents with our officiant in SC for it to be legal?

Our NC venue is paid in full and nonrefundable, so we don't want to lose it.

If it comes down to it, we'll simply have an intimate ceremony here if needed but I'm just trying to figure out our plan.

Used to stock up here every 4th back in the day. RIP

Looking for a group of people to do board games, magic the gathering, table tops etc

I’ve gone to hero’s hideout, the vibe isn’t always the best when I go so would rather find a group outside of there

They finished these retail and restaurant spaces over a year ago, and every single space currently sits vacant. There's also clearly an unused restaurant space next to Palmetto Peddlers that at last check is overrun with vegetation. This seems like a huge waste.

https://www.providencegroup.com/property-listings/west-end-district/

The city of Florence is currently spraying for mosquitos. This can have unintended consequences for other species, particularly bees. Please let the Public Works department know if you have a hive so they can avoid that area. 843-665-3236

You can also stop by Public Works to pick up a free mosquito brick for ponds, birdbaths, rain barrels etc. those are totally harmless to animals, humans, and almost all insects except mosquitoes. So those won’t bother your bees!

https://www.cityofflorencesc.gov/public-works-department/beautification-and-facilities/mosquito-control?fbclid=IwY2xjawSyr0RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR4johsszfa8l7mjWDt7gnNV7Cmu5sdW4Dzga2n3JGC2xv3HiBl08l3PivaxTQ_aem_I49jmTJqTjvO6JT9Z1NmuA

Both are cheaper than what we pay for Spectrum and the specs look better. I’m wondering if anyone has already switched and can tell me what the installation fees and process were like and whether it’s working well so far.

Does anyone have recommendations for someone who can do a dryer deep clean? I had a tech come out to fix my dryer yesterday who said that the dryer needs to be deep cleaned but they do not do that. He also didn't attach the dryer back to the vent in the wall. Anyway I can reach out to that can do this work?

Doubled our voter turnout from last midterm cycle for Primaries.

We still need to get help to Hannah, Florence 7 & 8, Friendfield, Effingham, Olanta, Lake City 3 & 4.

If you are in those precincts let me know so we can make South Carolina a good healthy Purple.

Our meetings are at the Leatherman Senior Center on the last Tuesday of the month.

We've called over 1000 people and knocked on 350 doors. We need more volunteers for phones and door knocking!!

Today, we were 1 vote away from all of us losing our US Citizenship. We need as many people as possible to do the work to help save the country.

I know people usually do this sort of thing on meetup.com, but they charge money lol. This is a free group for anybody to join who is interested in local Florence or Pee Dee area history/nature. The goal will be to do game nights or site visits every month or so. I currently only have a Facebook group but may expand it if interest arises. I was thinking a fun, low effort first event would be to get a history buff trivia team together for a trivia night at a local bar. Please join!