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Getting to Know the City Council Candidates: The Music Edition
Election for open seat will begin November 8 For businesses and residents, music can be a tricky issue on Folly Beach. Almost everyone appreciates and enjoys a good live performance, but our different tastes, styles, and bedtimes make for a diverse mix of opinions on Folly Beach. For our music edition, we revisit each of the... »
Single Stream Hits Folly
Residential program expands to include an additional 6,000 homes Still not sure about the big blue bins dropped off across Folly Beach last week? Based on the success of an ‘all in one’ pilot recycling program which showed higher participation rates and a significant increase in the amount of tons collected, Charleston County is expanding the... »
Getting to Know the City Council Candidates
Election for Open Seat Will Be November 8 Over the next three issues, we’ll pose questions to each of the five candidates. Some are meant to be fun, to help readers get to know the candidates as people. Others deal more directly with the issues facing our community. Remember that to vote in the City Council... »
The New Sheriff in Town: Catching up with Police Chief Dennis Brown After His First Summer on Folly
By Joel Flores The similarities are hard to ignore. For starters, both Folly Beach Director of Public Safety Dennis Brown and fictional lawman Andy Taylor both speak with a down-home, southern twang. Like the popular television sheriff, Brown doesn’t carry a weapon while on duty. He actually hails from a small town — Thomasville, North... »
Surf Day + Irene: Folly Beach City Council Meeting August 23, 2011
By Jakob Flannick Council Meeting, 7p.m. Mayor’s Comments Mayor Tim Goodwin dedicated Aug. 24 on Folly Beach towards Surfers Healing, a charitable foundation founded by competitive surfer Israel (Izzy) Paskowitz, combating autism with mind-easing surfing lessons. In response to Paskowitz’s son, Isaiah, receiving an autism diagnosis at age three, the widely-recognized surfer paired his love for surfing... »
City Council Notes – May 24, 2011
The Dog Log: 2.5 Hours of Canine Chatter By Stratton Lawrence Work Session, 5 p.m. Dave Stormer presented the highlights of the traffic study to Council, including issues raised by DOT identifying deficiencies. He explained the need to conduct more traffic counts at key Center Street intersections. Regarding parking, Stormer pointed out that the same cars are frequently... »
Sludge and Slush: Making sense of the City’s water and sewer utilities
By Stratton Lawrence On May 10, City Council approved a first reading of the water and sewer budgets for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, less than two months before the July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, time period ends. The City’s approval of a budget just weeks before falling out of compliance with the State Budget... »
Folly Beach City Council – May 10, 2011
By Blake Bunch New Dog Possibilities – A Pet Owner’s Club? Council began their 6 p.m. Work Session dealing with the amended Dog Ordinance for the City of Folly Beach. Council member Paul Hume proposed that a community dog club, FIDO (Folly Island Dog Owners), be held responsible for the registration of dogs/members. Their responsibilities would entail... »
Former Mayor Takes Current Administration to Task
By Stratton Lawrence Former Folly Beach Mayor Carl Beckmann continues to maintain a public profile, one year after handing over the Mayor’s office to Tim Goodwin. In the May issue of the City’s official newsletter (published by the Civic Club), The Sandspur, Beckmann criticized the Civic Club’s current leadership, claiming the Club had not met in... »
Folly City Council – Tuesday, April 26, 2011
By Stratton Lawrence Mayor Goodwin reported that he attended the National Hurricane Conference and learned a lot of information he hopes we’ll never use. The City staff recently held their first planning session regarding hurricane preparedness. “It’s better to be ready and not use it,” said Goodwin, encouraging everyone to be prepared, have a plan,... »
