The Sky is the Limit for Skye Dominguez
Local 17-year-old becomes Wahine Classic’s First sponsored surfer by Liz Wolfe | Contributing Writer The Folly Beach Wahine Classic, a long-running women’s surf contest and nonprofit, has launched a new initiative to support young athletes in the local surf community....
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Fresh Eggs Anyone?
Local woman leads Charge to Allow chickens on Folly Beach By Lorne Chambers | Editor Folly Beach City Council will soon be discussing whether or not full-time residents will be allowed to keep chickens in their yard. Folly Beach resident Christy Dukes has formally...
Folly Lifeguards Showcase Skills
CCPRC Lifeguards Take Home 3rd Place at South Atlantic Lifeguard Championships Special to The Current Lifeguards from Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) beach parks spent two days in Carolina Beach, NC showcasing their skills while competing in...
The Paddleout
Outpouring of love and unity on Folly Beach in the wake of the Emanuel A.M.E. Shooting By Richard Brendel | Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, here in Charleston, we awoke to the news that their had been a mass shooting at a black church downtown. I was soon...
Finding the Festival Feng Shui
Town Hall meeting airs grievances and enthusiastic support By Charlie McCarty | City Hall Reporter The fate of Folly’s street festivals has been a hot topic over the past several months with some residents tired of the traffic problems and bad behavior, while others...
Presidential Seal of Approval
President Obama honors Folly Beach woman for innovation By Barry Waldman | Special to The Current Folly Beach resident Krissa Watry is inventing “The Internet of Toys.” President Obama has noticed and soon, your children are going to notice too. Watry joined...
Minimum Quorum Handles Business
Folly Hall of Fame, public garden, scofflaw parkers discussed By Charlie McCarty | City Council Reporter The regular monthly meeting of the Folly Beach City Council was held the evening of June 9 at City Hall. In its Work Session, convened at 6 p.m., a bare quorum...
Farmers Market Gets New Digs
Bigger space, bigger vision for the Folly Beach Farmers Market By Lorne Chambers | editor Last month the Folly Beach’s Farmer’s Market took a big step forward, moving out of a parking lot of a local restaurant and into the much larger Folly River Park across the...
Beach Blotter — June 2015
Monday, June 1 Buried Treasure The Responding Officer met with a woman near Third Block East around 11:30 p.m. The 25-year-old Lawrenceville, Georgia woman said she had lost her engagement ring on the beach. She claimed to have seen it on her hand while walking in the...
A Call For Community Pride
City Councilman DJ Rich urges residents and visitors to Do their part to keep our island beautiful By DJ Rich | Folly Beach City Councilman We have always been a diverse group of people on Folly Beach, probably always will be. We have differing opinions and attitudes...
2015 Wahine Classic Results
Surf competition draws hundreds of participants and spectators Special to the Folly Current The 14th Annual Folly Beach Wahine Classic took place June 6-7 at The Washout. It was another great year of surfing and good will. There were many competitors in the amateur...