Gratitude & Gravy
Talking Turkey with all five mayoral candidates by Lorne Chambers | Editor As Folly Beach heads into another election, the conversations around town have been lively—sometimes a little too lively. With five candidates vying to replace longtime mayor Tim Goodwin and...
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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...
A Clean Sweep
Beach Sweep/River Sweep nets more than 4,000 Cigarette butts, 66 bags of Trash By Lorne Chambers | Editor Every year thousands of people come out to Folly Beach and put their butts on our beach. Unfortunately they’re not nice butts. And unfortunately they don’t take...
Beach Blotter
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last month by the City of 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...
CARTA To Consider Adding Folly Route
But won’t happen immediately says new chairman By Lorne Chambers | Editor Last week City of Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin requested to meet with Mike Seekings, the chairman of the Charleston Area Transit Authority (CARTA) about the possibility of adding Folly Beach to...