FOLLY BEACH HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
Ice Skating on Folly December 15-17 Who wants to ice skate right next to the beach? Well, Folly Beach is the place! Come skate on our synthetic ice skating rink during the month of December. Stay tuned to VisitFolly.com for more details as we get closer! Located...
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Outstanding In His Field — May 2019
Meeting Goals Gradually Hello Folly Family, (and outlying dwellers as well.) In the constant quest to improve things, I’ve grown to appreciate using a gradual technique to work towards my long-term goals. Being idle obviously won’t get you to your dreams, but I’ve...
Dust Off Your Easter Bonnet
11th annual Easter Promenade will be held April 20 from Staff Reports| Spring is in the air and that must mean it’s almost time for the Easter Bunny. It also means it’s time for the annual Folly Beach Easter Promenade. The Folly Home and Garden Club is once again...
A Fond Farewell to Folly
A longtime folly local says good-bye Dear Editor, I’m writing this as a fond farewell to Folly. I was dispatched to Charleston on a work assignment in the Spring of 1983. After some difficulty finding a place to apply my living stipend I was approached by a coworker...
Salt Marsh Diaries — April 2019
Family has Texas-Sized Fun on Folly An extended family from Texas met me at the dock. Mom, Dad, and the four grandkids had driven to Folly from Houston for spring break. Grandma and Grandpa flew in from West Texas to join them. They came from the oil fields of...
Outstanding in His Field — April 2019Your Mom Doesn’t Work Here …
Your Mom Doesn’t Work Here ... “So pick up after yourself!” It’s a saying we’ve all seen or heard once or twice, if not you’re missing out on some serious Wisdom. It applies on so many levels and in pretty much everywhere outside your home as well. Another saying is,...
A Granddaughter’s Love
Memorial for Marty Ahern planned for April 20 By Jess VanScoy | Special to The Current It’s her smells I remember most. Bijan perfume. Chivas on ice. Her famous pot roast. Or perhaps it was her sounds. The dangle of her bracelets. Shuffling feet in flip flops. The...
Folly Flashback — Ruby’s Wreckage
Confederate ship Ruby ran aground on Folly’s North end British-built and designed and reinforced to take fire and slip through the Union blockade of the harbor, the Confederate ship, Ruby, found an even more formidable foe in the sandbars of Lighthouse Inlet on...
Outstanding in His Field
Perfection is Temporary Howdy, my Folly Friends. If you’re experiencing what I have lately you probably can’t believe how time flies. As we work towards goals, make improvements to our property, mind, etc. there just isn’t enough time in the day it seems like. But...
Salt Marsh Diaries
Amazing Grace & the Hooded Merganser From my stool at the breakfast table, I look down at Grace the dog. She paces from one side of me to the other, then she barks, as if to will my eggs onto the floor. At eight years old, Grace is still more puppy than adult. Her...
Post Office Worker Cathy Jackson Says Goodbye
Dear Folly Friends! I have seen a lot of people come and go in my five years at the Folly Beach Post Office. Now, it’s my turn to say goodbye. I have been offered a full time position at a Post Office in Northern Virginia. I really love the area, and it is a good...