Bowens Island Turns 75

Bowens Island Turns 75

Iconic seafood restaurant reaches historic milestone, celebrates all year long By Lorne Chambers | editor The 75th anniversary is considered the Diamond Anniversary. Appropriate for Bowens Island, a restaurant and destination that has managed to be both the crown...
Land Donation Will Give Passive Park More Room

Land Donation Will Give Passive Park More Room

The Shadow Race Park gets an upgrade by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer No doubt, we are blessed with a lot of public parks on Folly Beach. The Folly Beach County Park stands guard against the Kiawah riffraff out at the west end and the Lighthouse Inlet Heritage...
Remembering the Life of Allen Hatchell

Remembering the Life of Allen Hatchell

by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer The Folly Beach community is mourning the loss of one of their own. Friends and family said good-bye to longtime Folly resident Allen Hatchell late last month. Hatchell loved life on Folly Beach. It was his home for the last...
Edging Out the Competition

Edging Out the Competition

Water’s Edge Inn named “Top Bed & Breakfast” by Yelp reviewers by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer Tucked in the grove of West Indian and 2nd Street West rests the quaint Water’s Edge Inn. The secluded location gives guests a quiet waterside retreat only a...
Women (and children) on Waves

Women (and children) on Waves

Annual surf competitions return to Folly Beach by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer On Folly Beach, where surfing is celebrated every day, three summer surfing events will specifically celebrate women and kids on the water, drawing visitors from around the country...
Folly Roaring Back

Folly Roaring Back

Traffic backed up, businesses booming, real estate soaring following pandemic by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Last year was tough all over, and Folly felt its sting from COVID shutdowns and checkpoints to cancelled reservations at restaurants and accommodations....

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