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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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,...
Beach Blotter
Sunday, Oct. 4 Tired of Ongoing Issues The Responding Officer (R/O) was dispatched to an East Huron residence around 10 p.m. in reference to a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, the 48-year-old female subject had left the area. He met with the 51-year-old male victim...
City Council Report — October 2015 Tons of Action at Council’s October Meeting By Charles McCarty | Staff Writer
Tons of Action at Council’s October Meeting By Charles McCarty | Staff Writer Folly Beach City Council met on Tuesday, Oct.13. Mayor Tim Goodwin was absent. Councilmember Tom Scruggs, presided as Mayor Pro-Tem, other Councilmembers in attendance were Eddie Ellis,...
Dock Collapses at Crosby’s
More than 20 end up in water, no major injuries By Bill Davis | Staff Writer Folly Beach’s extended community took another hit last week, as a 20-foot section of a pier outside Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp collapsed, sending nearly two dozen diners into tidal waters...
Scooters For Hooters
Sand Dollar and Harley Davidson team up to fight breast Cancer By Lorne Chambers | editor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but those who are affected breast cancer deal with it every day of every month. That’s why The Sand Dollar on Folly Beach teamed up last...