From Shore to Sea
How Folly Beach Protects Its Sea Turtles by Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer May 1 marks the beginning of turtle season on Folly Beach, with water temperatures reaching 68–70 degrees Fahrenheit — warm enough for sea turtles to begin coming ashore to lay their...
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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
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
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
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....
Folly Beach July 4th Fireworks: What You Need to Know
On Monday, July 4, 2022, Folly Beach will celebrate the 4th of July with a huge fireworks display hosted by the Folly Association of Business (FAB). Locals and visitors of all ages are invited to enjoy the Independence Day show, which will start at sundown and be...
Road Warriors
Folly resident helps set Guinness Book of World Record for fastest trip to all 50 states by Jenny Peterson | Contributing Writer When a friend and former co-worker at Ocean Surf Shop asked Folly Beach resident Justin Morris if he wanted to join him on a 7,000-mile...
Has Folly Reached its ‘Tipping Point?’
City Council turns down Planning Department’s request to press pause on Folly Beach’s rapidly-growing short-term rental market by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Seeing that short-term rental homes outnumbered primary residences on Folly Beach in 2020, the...
Blessing Box shows Kindness of Folly
Our Lady of Good Counsel, community helping those with food insecurity from Staff Reports On Sunday, May 23 after the 9 a.m. mass, several church families joined Father Bryan Babick in the garden of Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Catholic church, located at 106 W...
A Clean Sweep
Several new initiatives aim to keep Folly clean by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer Starting April 1, clouds of smoke hovering above beachgoers on Folly Beach could result in a $25 fine. The City of Folly Beach officially banned all smoking on the beach,...
25 Years of Bert’s
Reflecting on a quarter century of being Patronized by freaks, surfers, skaters, crunks, retirees, tourists, stoners, day trippers, hippies, hipsters, and regular folk by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer Last month, Bert’s Market, the beloved 24-hour...