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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I recently read your article on golf cart use. Would you please verify what you consider a “main street”? We live at 11th and Ashley Ave. and many, many times we’ve seen golf carts driving up and down Ashley, holding up traffic. Many of the drivers are kids. Isn’t... »
526 Extension draft plan
By Kristin Hackler In 1972, plans for a completed “Charleston Inner Belt Freeway” were drawn to include a connection between West Ashley, James Island and Johns Island. However, after the 19.4 miles of the existing I-526 was completed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, work on the remaining section fell to the wayside until... »
Inception
By Megan Carroll Christopher Nolan’s Inception is captivating, confusing and fascinating; and it keeps audiences talking for days afterwards. Viewers are immediately thrown into this film and the pace does not stop. Cobb (Leonardo Di Caprio) is by his own admission the world’s most skilled extractor: a person who can steal ideas and secrets from... »
Police Reports
Caught with their pants down Officers working a multi-agency traffic stop about 1:00 a.m. on July 4 observed both the male driver and female passenger of an approaching Volkswagen quickly trying to pull their pants up. When the subject rolled down the window, the officer noticed a strong smell of alcohol permeating the vehicle and the... »
City government
City Council City Council did not meet on July 13 because that was Election Day. Their next regular meeting will be July 27 at 7:00 p.m. in Council chambers. Agenda items were to include ordinances amending the current rules for dogs on the beach, requiring non-residents to purchase a license tag for pets they bring... »
Rich wins City Council seat
It’s all over but the swearing in. D.J. Rich won the July 13 special election to fill the City Council seat left vacant when Tim Goodwin was elected mayor on April 6. Rich, the owner of Planet Follywood, received 54 percent of the vote and city planner Susan Breslin garnered 46 percent of the vote.... »
Mosley, Hudson make national tour stops on Folly
Folly Beach attracts interesting characters from all corners of the world: authors, actors, artists, musicians, poets, athletes, politicians, diplomats, vagabonds and everything in between. This month, two highly-regarded singer-songwriters will make their first trips to the island – Cary Hudson of Blue Mountain and Bret Mosley. “I played the Lowcountry for the first time in... »
Do you know what to do before, during, and after a hurricane hits Folly Beach?
Please come to the Folly Beach hurricane town meeting on Wednesday, July 28, from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. All residents are encouraged to attend. Learn how to prepare your home and family for a hurricane; the evacuation routes and lane reversal plans from local, state, and federal emergency... »
Police Reports
By Lauren Dean So it’s not against the law to . . . A couple engaging in sexual relations on a blanket strewn with empty beer bottles was cited for glass on beach just after midnight on June 23. The officer asked for IDs and when he ran their information he discovered the 39-year-old man was... »
Oh, Please Give this film a hand!
by Megan Carroll Nicole Holofcener’s independent film entitled Please Give tip-toed recently onto the screens, it should conclude to rounding applause. Kate and Alex (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt) are a couple living in New York. They own a successful business specializing in vintage furniture. Kate becomes consumed with guilt as she buys furniture from... »
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