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Sneak preview of the Sol Legare Museum and Cultural Center
On the heels of a massive restoration and in conjunction with the encampment reenactment of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Co I and their first fight at Battle of Ft. Wagner, The Seashore Farmers’ Lodge Museum and Cultural Center will hold a SOFT opening of its much anticipated Museum & Cultural Center this Friday, July... »
Gulf oil spill impacts economy and ecology of our barrier islands
By Will Moredock It has already burned itself into our national psyche; the image of millions of gallons of crude oil billowing from the BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico, a mile below the surface. We can only guess how much oil has escaped, and that guess is based on constantly changing estimates from... »
City Council election on July 13
By Lauren Dean At 7:00 p.m. on July 13 it will all be over. Folly Beach residents will have chosen the City Council member who will represent them for the next two years. Either Susan Breslin or D.J. Rich will take the empty seat once occupied by Tim Goodwin and serve the remaining two years... »
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... »
City Council Meeting
By Lauren Dean Ordinances The June 22 City Council meeting began at exactly 7:00 p.m. and the gavel came down at 8:01 p.m. No new ordinances were introduced and no one raised a stink about anything. The new Comprehensive Plan and Official Zoning Map unanimously passed final reading. The State requires that the comprehensive plan... »
Aunt Vee’s Italian Ice
by Lauren Dean For the past two summers Buzz Perri has been manning his Italian Ice cart from a spot on the sidewalk next to Mr. John’s Beach Store. He opens for business about 11:00 a.m. and closes “when everybody goes home.” Then he gets up the next day and does it all over again.... »
Mayor’s Letter
Dear friends and neighbors: Hurricane season has arrived. Are you prepared? If you are renting, put your S.C. Driver’s License or Voter’s Registration card in a safe place so you will know where it is located. You will need one of the following to return to your residence on Folly: • Voter’s Registration Card • S.C. Driver’s... »
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... »
Police Reports
By Lauren Dean Two strikes, you’re out A man who had been previously told not to return to the Sand Dollar was involved in a fight there with another customer when Folly Beach Public Safety arrived on the scene just after midnight on June 5. He was arrested for trespassing and transported to the county jail. It’s... »
Letters to the Editor
Thank You Dear Residents of Folly Beach, I’d like to personally thank Mayor Tim Goodwin and the City of Folly Beach for their quick response to a major issue we recently had on the beach. As many of you know, we had a terrible odor on our beach during the last week of June due to millions... »
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