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Food Trucks and Flood Insurance
City Council December 8, 2011 Work Session, 5 p.m. Council met to discuss how to govern transient vendors in 2012, including food trucks, sidewalk art and jewelry stands, and rental companies. They struggled to define a transient vendors, bringing to light ‘brick and mortar’ businesses like the Sand Dollar that might have art for... »
Stuckey Elected to Council; City Certifies Wrong Vote Tallies
By Stratton Lawrence In a runoff election on December 22, Dale Stuckey narrowly edged Sandra Hickman for the space vacated on Folly Beach City Council by departing member Laura Beck. Stuckey won with a count of 216 votes, to Hickman’s 213. The race’s close results cast new light on small but persistent hiccups in... »
McCoy Fights for Better Hurricane Preparedness
State Rep. Introduces Tax Holiday on Emergency Items PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF REP. PETER MCCOY As this year’s Hurricane Season comes to a close, State Representative Peter McCoy (R, Charleston) is fighting to make sure South Carolinians are better prepared for the next storm. McCoy has submitted legislation for pre-filing today that would... »
Composite Sketch of Armed Robbery Suspect Released
Two armed robberies occurred on Folly Beach on Sunday, Dec. 4, and at press time the suspect is still at large. The first robbery occurred at 2:30 a.m. at the beach access point adjacent to the Old Coast guard Station off East Ashley Avenue. When the victim resisted the theft of his cell phone... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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,... »
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... »
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... »
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