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ART – Artists welcome to apply for grant to create lowcountry work of art: Griffith/Reyburn Lowcountry Artist Award announced for ninth year
Provided by Coastal Community Foundation of SC Are you an artist who enjoys creating works that convey the “look and feel” of the lowcountry’s unique life, culture, or environment? If so, then the Griffith/Reyburn Lowcountry Artist Award of Coastal Community Foundation invites you to submit your application for their annual grant. This $5,000 grant... »
Serena Williams Enters Family Circle Cup: Former World No. 1 and Cup Champion Returns to Charleston
Serena Williams, former World No. 1 and 2008 Family Circle Cup Champion, has committed to the 2012 Charleston event. Williams, currently standing at World No. 11 in the WTA rankings, joins 2010 Cup champion Samantha Stosur, 2004 Cup Champion Venus Williams, and Vera Zvonareva in a world class player field assembling on Daniel Island.... »
Lucky Dog Publishing has Twitter and Mingle Forums
We would like to announce that Lucky Dog Publishing is now on Twitter. You can now follow updates and breaking news from Island Eye News, Island Connection, and Folly Current using your Twitter account. Along with Facebook, Twitter will enhance connectivity and interactions with our papers and the wider community. Follow Island Eye News... »
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... »
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 City... »
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 watching... »
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 worked regularly for... »
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... »
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