A Wave of Their Own

LOCAL LADIES ARE PUTTING FOLLY BEACH ON THE SURFING MAP By Lorne Chambers | Editor Last month a few local ladies packed surfboards atop cars and in the beds of trucks and headed north for the 28th annual Wrightsville Beach Wahine Classic. After a full weekend of...

Mayor Cops to Ethics Violations

Matter settled by consent order By Charlie McCarty with additional reporting by Warren Cobb Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin has agreed to pay $2,000 in fees and admitted to violating state ethics laws. The S.C. Ethics Commission had found probable cause of four...

Planting One on Folly

Community Garden takes root By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor The Folly Green Team was established a few years ago to promote green events and activities on the island. One of their many initiatives is a Community Garden. With the help of the City of Folly Beach and...

Rethink Folly Road

Big changes suggested for Folly corridor By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor Earlier this year, the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) began exploring options to improve the Folly Road corridor. The project, referred to as “Rethink Folly Road:...

City Commissions Core Sampling Study

Searching for fresh, cheap sand in Stono Inlet By Warren Cobb | Managing Editor In July, Folly Beach City Council voted to pay $67,517 from the Beach Preservation Fund to Athena Technologies LLC for Vibracore Sampling in the Stono Inlet. Vibracore sampling involves...

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