Chris Williams runs taffy through a more than 100-year-old, small candy-wrapping machine at Wee-R-Sweets in North Myrtle Beach where saltwater taffy, chocolates and ice cream are made on-site. June is ...

Santa Cruz >> In 1915, Italian immigrant Victor Marini began selling popcorn and peanuts at the Beach Boardwalk. During the course of the next 100 years, his descendants have added to the tradition ...

Of the 1,001 things unique to growing up in or near Santa Cruz, close to the top of the list is the aura of deep-seated magical nostalgia attached to the word “Marini”s.” If you”ve just moved in from ...