Folly Beach 2.0
Beach renourishment is a vital project to battle beach erosion by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer Beach renourishment is the “adding of sediment onto or directly adjacent to an eroding beach.” The large construction vehicles on the beach hope to keep Folly Beach...
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One Perfect Day
Annual event broadens horizons for both surfers and children with autism by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer Surfing the waves on Folly Beach happens thousands of times every day in the summer, but when surfers took to the water in late August, “hanging ten” took...
Bowens Island Turns 75
Iconic seafood restaurant reaches historic milestone, celebrates all year long By Lorne Chambers | editor The 75th anniversary is considered the Diamond Anniversary. Appropriate for Bowens Island, a restaurant and destination that has managed to be both the crown...
Land Donation Will Give Passive Park More Room
The Shadow Race Park gets an upgrade by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer No doubt, we are blessed with a lot of public parks on Folly Beach. The Folly Beach County Park stands guard against the Kiawah riffraff out at the west end and the Lighthouse Inlet Heritage...
Remembering the Life of Allen Hatchell
by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer The Folly Beach community is mourning the loss of one of their own. Friends and family said good-bye to longtime Folly resident Allen Hatchell late last month. Hatchell loved life on Folly Beach. It was his home for the last...
Edging Out the Competition
Water’s Edge Inn named “Top Bed & Breakfast” by Yelp reviewers by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer Tucked in the grove of West Indian and 2nd Street West rests the quaint Water’s Edge Inn. The secluded location gives guests a quiet waterside retreat only a...
Women (and children) on Waves
Annual surf competitions return to Folly Beach by Jenny Peterson | Current Staff Writer On Folly Beach, where surfing is celebrated every day, three summer surfing events will specifically celebrate women and kids on the water, drawing visitors from around the country...
Folly Roaring Back
Traffic backed up, businesses booming, real estate soaring following pandemic by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Last year was tough all over, and Folly felt its sting from COVID shutdowns and checkpoints to cancelled reservations at restaurants and accommodations....
Folly Beach July 4th Fireworks: What You Need to Know
On Monday, July 4, 2022, Folly Beach will celebrate the 4th of July with a huge fireworks display hosted by the Folly Association of Business (FAB). Locals and visitors of all ages are invited to enjoy the Independence Day show, which will start at sundown and be...
Road Warriors
Folly resident helps set Guinness Book of World Record for fastest trip to all 50 states by Jenny Peterson | Contributing Writer When a friend and former co-worker at Ocean Surf Shop asked Folly Beach resident Justin Morris if he wanted to join him on a 7,000-mile...
Has Folly Reached its ‘Tipping Point?’
City Council turns down Planning Department’s request to press pause on Folly Beach’s rapidly-growing short-term rental market by Bill Davis | Current Staff Writer Seeing that short-term rental homes outnumbered primary residences on Folly Beach in 2020, the...