Small Space, Big Vision
The newly-opened Folly History Museum looks back and ahead by Liz Wolfe | Contributing Writer The tides may change daily on Folly Beach, but its history now has a more permanent home. Thanks to the newly-opened Folly Beach Historical Society and its chair, Regina...
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Relax. Slow Down, It’s Folly
Council pushes to reduce the speed limit to 20 mph By Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Pretty soon, everyone on Folly Beach could be driving 20 m.p.h., whether they like it or not. As long as the S.C. Department of Transportation agrees with newly-elected City...
Business Community Gives Back
Folly Association of Business Donates $28,000 to various non-profits and City Special to The Current Last month the Folly Association of Business (FAB) donated $28,000 in proceeds to various non-profit groups on the island. The donations were from monies raised at the...
Giving Turtles a Crawling Chance
Sea turtles on Folly Beach face even bigger challenge this year as renourishment project begins By Lorne Chambers | Editor May 1 officially marks the beginning of turtle season on Folly Beach. And this year the Folly Beach Turtle Watch team has a bigger job than usual...
Protecting Folly’s Preserve
City, County working together to reduce vandalism By Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Vandals have made such a mess in the Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve, located past where East Ashley Avenue ends, that Charleston County and Folly Beach municipal officials have...
Litter Critters Invade Folly
Folly Green Team wants kids to tell their parents to stop trashing our beach By Lorne Chambers | Editor The Folly Green Team has been working on an anti-litter campaign that targets kids, hoping that the youngsters will help deliver the message to their parents to not...
Casting a Giant Shadow
With Tides closed for repairs following Hurricane Irma, the rest of Center Street is left in the dark By Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer A common tide may float all boats, but a closed Tides may mean less money for everyone ... If there was ever any doubt as to just...
Remembering Vernon Knox
Former City Administrator Toni Conner-Rooks reflects on the loss of “the People’s mayor” By Toni Conner-Rooks | Special to The Current When I learned of the seriousness of Vernon’s condition, I had a myriad of emotions running through me, disbelief, sorrow, grief, the...
Beach Blotter — October 2017
Tuesday, Oct. 3 TAGGED (THEN BAGGED) Around 1:30 p.m. the Chief of the Folly Beach Public Safety Department called to an officer on patrol and informed him he was watching a man vandalizing the side of a building on Center Street, “tagging” it with a white paint...
A Sweeping Success
Beach Sweeps yield Less plastic on beach this year following plastic bag ban By Lorne Chambers | Editor With the tourist season over, some local organizations are helping clean up Folly Beach. Organized by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural...
Battle of the Bags IV
Charity cornhole tournament raises funds for the Folly Angels By Lorne Chambers | Editor Dunes Properties will host the fourth annual Battle of the Bags from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Folly Beach County Park at the far west end of the island. The...