Making Waves Down South
Georgia Brown and Lukas Petrillo take on Florida by Liz Wolf | Contributing Writer Ten minutes had passed during the first heat of the Women’s Pro Surf Division finals at the Tommy Tant Surf Classic in Flagler Beach, Florida, and there wasn’t a wave in sight....
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Full Nets, Empty Hearts
Backman’s Seafood enters First shrimp season without it’s Skipper at the helm By Bill Davis | Staff Writer There will be something missing from Battery Island during shrimp season, and it won’t be the shrimp. According to state Department of Natural Resources...
Mariner Returns To The Sea
A 441-pound leatherback is rescued on Folly Special to The Current Thanks to timely appearance and quick thinking of Folly Beach City Councilmember and Folly Beach Turtle Watch (FBTW) volunteer Teresa Marshall and her neighbors at Marshview Villas, a 441-pound...
For Whom The Light Tolls
Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve to charge $1 admission fee starting in June Special to The Current Starting June 1, the Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve park on the northeastern end of Folly Island will begin charging an admission fee of $1. Owned by the...
Catch Summer Fun on the Pier
Cast Off Fishing Tournament Series continues June 25, Take A Kid Fishing Day held June 4 Special to The Current This summer you can catch fish, fun, and prizes at the Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier tournament series. The first tournament of the season was...
Beach Blotter — May 2016
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...
City Council Meeting — May 10
Sparring over "Big Brothers" cameras, cannonballs, and new board appointments By Lorne Chambers | Editor WORK SESSION Prior to the regular City Council meeting, councilmembers and Mayor Tim Goodwin met to discuss the 2016-2017 budget. The meeting started with a little...
Team Work Wins Bohicket Tournament
Special To The Current The boat Teamwork out of Sunset Cay Marina on Folly Beach won the Bohicket Dolphin Tournament recently. Their 56-pound dolphin beat out 91 other boats. While fishing in 340 feet of water a fish hit one of the lines. “Fish on!” Skip Butler...
2016 Folly Beach Election Guide
Seven candidates vie for three Folly City Council Seats By Bill Davis | Staff Writer Folly Beach residents will have a full ballot to choose from Tuesday, April 5, when they step into voting booths to fill three City Council spots. Councilmembers Tom Scruggs and Sandy...
Folly’s Connection to Baseball Antiquity
Local Man’s collection of grandfather’s memorabilia is a big hit in the baseball world By Lorne Chambers | Editor Andrew “Andy” Jackson Leonard, one of the first-ever professional baseball players in the country lies in an unmarked grave in a grassy field in Boston....
Council Votes To Double Salaries
By Lorne Chambers | Editor Near the end of the last meeting of the Folly Beach City Council, councilmember Tom Scruggs presented an ordinance amending chapter 31, section 31.02 to change the salaries of city councilmembers from $2,400 to $4,800 and to change the...