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LOCAL PROFILE – Folly’s Healer
Dr. Deena Smith looks to the root of what ails you By Christine Wilkerson Deena Fawn Smith arrived on Folly Beach 16 years ago. Religious and spiritually driven, she took it to heart when her Atlanta minister preached about “going to the edge.” In April 1996, depressed after the promise of a partnership in Charleston fell... »
Da Dollar
View From the Edge By Brian Sanders Get this straight: ‘Da Dollar’ is a Folly Beach institution. But you can’t get in if you aren’t a member of this institution. The price of membership is a mere dollar. Are you a member? No? Wanna borrow a dollar? The Sand Dollar Social Club (‘Da Dollar’) is located at... »
Fight Board-dom with Additions to Your Quiver
By Jud Bushkar PHOTO: Credit: Justin Morris, Follyhood.blogspot.com Surfing is a sport that is closely tied to the location of the wave. Here at Folly Beach, certain styles of equipment have long been believed to be well-suited to our locale. Longboards and stubby fish will always be popular choices due to the less-than-powerful surf we quite... »
Best of The Fonion: Alex Hunter
By David Crawford A friend of mine approached me back in March, knowing that I wrote fake satirical news articles (that’s not weird, right?). He told me about the Folly Current’s plan to run an April Fool’s Day edition in which all of the articles would be fake. Having earned my Creative Writing degree... »
Let’s Hear It From the Boys
Dating Follies By Fay A. I have often wondered why almost everything one hears concerning the land of love and relationships comes from the point of view of women. That in itself is a bit of an understatement. It comes from the point of view of a whole gaggle of angry, whiny, jaded, men-hating women. Now, it... »
A Penny Here, a Penny There
City Council Notes, Dec. 13, 2011 All council members were present except Eddie Ellis. COMMENTS AND APPEARANCES Council approved the Splash and Dash swimming and foot race on July 28 to raise money for the S.C. sea turtle hospital, with an amendment by D.J. Rich to cap the number of race participants to 100 people. Joseph Debney, the... »
Crocodile Dummy
View From the Edge By Brian Sanders I had some friends over for drinks, heavy appetizers and some music. A casual affair … initially. We had music via my CD player (Van Morrison, the current CD of choice), but there was also a guitar, a harmonica and a drum. All at our random convenience of course,... »
Local Profile – Ron Hill
Thank You Goes Both Ways By Chris Wilkerson Twelve years ago a brash ‘young’ man came into the midst of Folly to open his first restaurant. Ron Hill was here to follow his dream, even if that meant giving up a steady job and risking his life savings with a wife and two young children at... »
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 sale hanging from... »
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 Folly’s voting... »
