An Agave Grand Finale
For its final act, a towering century plant stretches to the sky by: Lorne Chambers | Editor Not far from the community garden on the West Side of Folly Beach, a natural phenomenon is taking place. A large century plant (Agave Americana) has begun its much-anticipated...
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Shamrock SUP Race raises $1,500 for Y2O By Lorne Chambers | Editor Charleston SUP Safaris and Flipper Finders hosted the sixth Annual Shamrock SUP (Stand Up Paddle) Race on the Folly River Sunday, March 19. The event was a huge success with more than 25 participants...
A Toothy Situation
11-year old beachcomber finds several megalodon teeth that could be 30 million years old By Lorne Chambers | Editor A couple weeks ago, 11-year-old Brooklyn Putnam was visiting Folly Beach from Summerville along with her mother, father, and older brother, when she saw...
Ice Box Warms Up
Winter surf competitors enjoy unseasonably warm weather, nice waves By Lorne Chambers | Editor It has been an unseasonably mild winter here on Folly. But that doesn’t mean the water isn’t chilly. Wetsuit or not, jumping in 60-degree surf doesn’t feel good … until you...
Growing Pains
Is Folly's Farmer's Market getting thrown under the bus? By Bill Davis | Staff Writer For the past few years Folly artist and waitress/bartender Megan Day has worked with fellow local Sarah Poe to organize and run the weekly Folly Beach Farmers Market. Last year, the...
The Good Times Rolled
Folly Gras brought big fun, big headaches By Lorne Chambers | Editor The weather could not have been more perfect for a street festival in late winter. The temperature hovered around 80 degrees and the sun was shining for the 10th annual Folly Gras, which was held...
Is the Sun Setting on Sunset Cay?
City, State aim to shut down the “ship Store” at sunset cay marina By Bill Davis | Staff Writer Look! Up in the beautiful sunset! Is it a bar? A ship’s store? A social club? No, it’s a never-ending lawsuit. For decades, locals have been sauntering over to a...
It’s Healing Time on Folly
Another sold-out Surfers Healing to takes place By Lorne Chambers | Editor Surfers Healing has camps in South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington, California, Hawaii and even Mexico and...
Parking O’Plenty
Parking on Folly Beach doesn’t have to be a headache, just learn the rules By Alan Kleinfeld | Contributing Writer Parking. It’s an issue Public Safety deals with year around, but it grows exponentially every summer, as tourists, visitors and guests drive everything...
Cannonball Part of Folly Beach’s History
Local teacher and author donates her “best find ever,” a Civil War-era cannonball to City of Charleston By Lorne Chambers | Editor If you’ve been to City Hall lately, you may have noticed a cannonball encased in glass on the second floor, just as you step off the...
Beach Blotter
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last month by the Folly Beach Public Safety Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...