NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- North Myrtle Beach leaders on Friday officially removed the interim tag from Ryan Fabbri's job title, naming him the permanent city manager.

The city council unanimously appointed Fabbri to the post after two days of executive session meetings with him and two other candidates -- Edwin Madden and Tim Owens. After coming out of executive session on Friday, Mayor Marilyn Hatley praised all three candidates.

“Every one of the candidates of the final three would make absolutely wonderful city managers for the city of North Myrtle Beach," Hatley said. "They all had so many special traits. I think our city was blessed that we had such wonderful candidates to choose from.”

Fabbri, who had been an assistant city manager since February 2023, was given the inter

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