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Exchange Club April Update
By Robert Lucas Awarding island scholars The Folly Beach Exchange Club will be awarding two scholarships to high school seniors and college students that are Folly Beach residents. Applications may be picked up at City Hall. Criteria and deadline are listed on the application. Welcome and thanks from the March meeting The Exchange recently welcomed Nancy Moore as... »
Don’t Forget the Gulf: April 20 Event to Promote Clean Energy
It’s been almost one year since thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, killing sea life and damaging beaches and the lifestyles of thousands of residents of that region. The results are still apparent with businesses closing, fishing families selling their boats, and dolphins mysteriously turning up dead as far... »
Fireworks on the 3rd?
By Tim Goodwin, Mayor If you thought July 3 was a strange date to pick for Independence Day fireworks, you weren’t the only one. Believe it or not, there was a good reason. The City could either do it on July 3 or not do it at all; the reason being that the... »
Re-enactment of historic Folly Beach Civil War battle
By Anton DuMars Joseph McGill, a program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a man with a mission. McGill says there is an “untold story” African-American Union soldiers that “deserves to be told”. After befriending several Confederate civil war reenactors as a park ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument, and... »
Goodwin celebrates big win
By Lauren Dean Win or lose, Folly Beach candidates always throw a big party at one of the Center Street eating and drinking establishments, so Tim Goodwin’s supporters started heading for the raw bar at the Crab Shack as soon as the results were announced. There was business at hand for Goodwin as media... »
A letter from the Editor
Hello again to those of you who know me from around town or from my previous gig covering Folly Beach for The Journal. For those of you who don’t know me, let me introduce myself. I’m a University of South Carolina graduate with an MMC – Masters in Mass Communication. I’ve... »
Man arrested for exploiting elderly on Folly
Staff Report On January 16, the low temperature on Folly Beach was 26 degrees that day, but some discovered criminal activity expressed the true meaning of cold to Folly Beach Public Safety Director Terry Boatwright. That same afternoon, 47 year-old Paul Hanshaw was arrested for exploiting at least two, elderly Folly Beach residents out of... »
New art for the holidays
Continuing with their parade of visiting artists, At the Bridge Art Gallery will be hosting two wonderfully contrasting artists – Janet Kozachek and Linda Elksnin – during the month of December. Kozachek, a roster artist for the South Carolina State Arts Commission, is an accomplished and traveled painter and mosaic artist. Her art has been... »
No red carpets on Folly: Marshall Tucker denied
By Ali Akhyari As the South Carolina Film Commission continues its work of bringing “Hollywood” money to our State and local economies, the lowcountry, epitomizing natural and historic beauty, has become an increasingly popular locale for filmmakers. It’s inevitable, then, that stories featuring cultural icons on very local backgrounds will begin to surface. Folly Beach,... »
Eat Sustainably at BLU
This election season, the South Carolina Aquarium and BLU Restaurant & Bar invite you to choose sustainability with an evening of mouthwatering sustainable seafood and seafood education on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7 p.m. on Folly Beach. Enjoy oceanfront views, intimate dining and a chance to elect sustainability in our seas. New to the... »
