Out of this World
Planet Follywood Celebrates 20 Years on Folly Beach with a weekend-long celebration by Lorne Chambers | Editor Since the early 2000s, Planet Follywood has been a Center Street staple. As ingrained into the fabric of the island as the sand and salt are. “We’re a...
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A Whole Lotta Loggerheads
Record Number of Turtle Nests on Folly and in South Carolina this Year by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Folly Beach had a record-breaking 145 Loggerhead turtle nests this year, breaking its previous record of 108 nests in 2013, according to the South Carolina...
Dredging up a Submerged Problem
Folly looks to clean-out ‘garbage’ boats by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer The City of Folly Beach has asked the state to allow it more latitude in policing boats moored in and around its city limits in hopes of saving money, protecting navigable waters, and...
Remembering Ali Akhyari
Folly Current’s Founding Editor Passes Away by Kristin Hackler | Special to The Folly Current It was early 2008, about two and a half years into my tenure at Lucky Dog Publishing. Ali Akhyari and I were sitting in our Sullivan’s Island offices above Station 22...
Up Close and Personal with a Serial Killer
Folly Beach lawyer recalls defending Pee Wee Gaskins, South Carolina’s most notorious serial killer By Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Local newspapers called him “the meanest man in South Carolina.” By the time he was executed by the electric chair in 1991, Donald...
In Dorian’s Wake
Folly Looses sand .... but it could have been much worse By Bill Davis | Contributing Writer Folly Beach’s beach lost close to 150,000 cubic yards of sand, enough to drop the elevation as much as three feet in some sections last month, thanks to Hurricane Dorian,...
Arctic Dreams
Folly photographer recounts a trip of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle By Lindsey Graham | Special to The Current The initial communication started off as in inquiry into my pricing and availability to shoot her upcoming wedding. We hit it off and exchanged numerous...
A Crowning Achievement
Folly Beach kicks off Sea & Sand Festival by crowning Miss (and little Mr.) Sea & Sand at annual pageant by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Six years ago, the Sea & Sand Festival was looking for a Friday night event to complement the festival. Folly resident...
Noice Ordinance Fallout
Public Safety tickets St. James Gate, arrests manager by Bill Davis | Contributing Writer City of Folly Beach Public Safety Chief Andrew Gilreath and his officers recently put some more teeth into the existing noise ordinance on Folly Beach. On a recent Friday night,...
Festival Cancelled Due to Rising COVID Numbers, Smaller Market Hop to Take its Place
First-ever Mermaids & Mateys festival is shelved until next year over public health concerns by Lorne Chambers | Editor After more than a year of not having festivals or any large public gatherings, many around the Lowcountry and beyond were looking forward to a...
Spotlight Sol Legare
Community gets local and national Recognition while preserving its history in the face of development by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer More than 100 years ago, a close-knit community of freed slaves settled on Sol Legare Island, two miles west of Folly Beach....