Stewards of the Sea
A Look at Folly’s surf-centric nonprofit and community fixtures by Liz Wolfe | Contributing Writer Women have been surfing Folly Beach since the sport became popularized in the early 1960s. And while there are even more women and girls surfing now than back then,...
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Beach Blotter — December 2015
Wednesday, Dec. 2 | Ahhh, Honesty… The Responding Officer (R/O) and his partner were dispatched to an East Arctic residence around 7 a.m. in reference to a suspicious vehicle with a Florida tag being parked in the home’s driveway. Both officers approached the vehicle...
Viva La Cuba
Why you should visit Cuba now: a Folly local’s perspective By Richard Brendel | Contributing Writer I’m not a travel writer, but if I were, I would talk about the three reasons to hurry up and visit before the floodgates open and the rest of America shows up. #1....
Folly’s Changing Face
Real estate market continues to shift along with Folly’s makeup By Bill Davis | Staff Writer More than the ocean is eroding Folly Beach. Every year, more and more homes are sold to become vacation rentals on Folly. And every year, the balance of the island tips more...
Business Community Gets Behind Folly Beach Relief Squad
FAB Donates $1,000 to local disaster relief Organization By Lorne Chambers | Editor In October, when Hurricane Joaquin churned off the Atlantic coast, causing a monster storm to stall right above us and dump 11 trillion gallons of water on the Carolinas, some people...
November City Council Report
Folly Beach is Rebranding, 2016 Festival Schedule Approved, City Administrator will make $70,000 By Charlie McCarty | Staff Writer The Folly Beach City Council met for its regularly-scheduled monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at City Hall. A Special Meeting of...
Beach Blotter — November 2015
Thursday, Nov. 12 | Mentally and Physically Asleep at the WheelThe R/O was on routine patrol along the 900 block of West Ashley Avenue around midnight when he observed a silver Ford Taurus parked partially in the eastbound travel lane. As he got closer, he saw two...
Enough, Already!
Sand and Patience eroding after a month of ‘king tides,’ Hurricane Joaquin, and a 1,000-year flood By Bill Davis | Staff Writer Erosion on Folly Beach isn’t supposed to happen quite so quickly. Folly Beach City Administrator Spencer Wetmore confirmed last week that...
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Folly Beach Relief Squad forms, jumps into action to assist locals during flooding By Lorne Chambers | Editor Governor Nikki Haley declared last month’s deluge a “1,000-year flood” and it wasn’t just political rhetoric or hyperbole. It was scientifically accurate,...
The Current is Always in Motion
Local couple purchases The Folly Current Special to The Current Six months ago, local journalist and newspaper publisher Lorne Chambers was hired as the editor of The Folly Current, the monthly newspaper for Folly Beach. Last week, he and his wife Lindsey’s company...
Don’t Worry, Mom. We’re Fine.
Hurricane Joaquin surf video provides some smiles during otherwise tough times By Lorne Chambers | editor Early last month when Hurricane Joaquin pushed Costa Rican-sized waves upon Folly’s coastline, there were plenty of bad things that came with it — erosion,...