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By Lauren Dean City Council: August 24 Good Neighbor Award Daniel Culpepper, James Dowdy, Sonny Miles, and Jack Thomas received the “Good Neighbor Award” for their prompt action in helping to put out a fire at the Sandbar Apartments. Appointments City Council reappointed John Kachmarsky as Municipal Court Judge, Been Peeples as City Attorney, and Mary Cunningham as Municipal... »
Letter from the Mayor: September, 2010
Dear Friends and Neighbors: The final days of summer on Folly are winding down and the beach is gradually being returned to the turtles, birds, and Folly residents. Even though our visitors have their place and we welcome them, it is exciting when it is time for all of us to take a deep breath... »
Police Reports
By Lauren Dean See how easy that was? About 2:30 p.m. on July 26, an officer stopped a vehicle on Folly Road for following another vehicle too closely. When asked if there was marijuana in the car, the subject said “No.” The officer asked him if he smoked marijuana and got a positive response, at which... »
Planning commission and city council meetings
By Lauren Dean The new buzz phrase for the Planning Commission is “form-based codes.” According to Zoning Official Aaron Pope, City Council has asked the Planning Commission to come up with some definitive standards for new construction and ownership changes of businesses in the downtown commercial district, formerly referred to as C-1. Pope stressed that the... »
Police reports
By Lauren Dean The truth hurts Folly Beach Public Safety stopped a vehicle with three occupants about 3:00 a.m. on July 12 because it didn’t have a month sticker on the license plate. The driver admitted to driving under a suspended license. The passenger in the back seat was constantly moving around and when the officer... »
They’re live and biting!
BY CAPTAIN GEOFF BENNETT Charleston is a great place to be fishing. No matter what type of fish you want to catch, they are all active and biting! While fishing for redfish remains strong, we’ve seen a pickup in the trout bite even with increasingly warmer water temperatures. Seasonal species like Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, bluefish... »
Police Reports
Caught with their pants down Officers working a multi-agency traffic stop about 1:00 a.m. on July 4 observed both the male driver and female passenger of an approaching Volkswagen quickly trying to pull their pants up. When the subject rolled down the window, the officer noticed a strong smell of alcohol permeating the vehicle and the... »
City government
City Council City Council did not meet on July 13 because that was Election Day. Their next regular meeting will be July 27 at 7:00 p.m. in Council chambers. Agenda items were to include ordinances amending the current rules for dogs on the beach, requiring non-residents to purchase a license tag for pets they bring... »
Police Reports
By Lauren Dean So it’s not against the law to . . . A couple engaging in sexual relations on a blanket strewn with empty beer bottles was cited for glass on beach just after midnight on June 23. The officer asked for IDs and when he ran their information he discovered the 39-year-old man was... »
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... »
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