Folly Beach News

With the summer solstice fast approaching,temperatures seem to keep rising. And rising.

Holidays are typically busy but the Isle of Palms County Park Manager, Cynthia Wilson, told News 2 this year continues to break previous records for number of people at the beach.

Visitors to Whirlin' Waters Adventure Park wait for the water to cover them from the bucket on top of the Big Splash Tree House.

J.D. McAllister of Folly Beach has won The Post and Courier's Golden Pen award for May for his letter to the editor “Keep private seawalls off public beach.” Mr. McAllister was responding to a Post and Courier article about a Folly Island homeowner's attempt to build more private seawalls on the public beach.

If you don't have your own boat or access to decent shore fishing, you can hit the fishing piers at Folly Beach and Mount Pleasant's Memorial Waterfront Park.

Richard Thaddeus Pokryfka, 70, was arrested Wednesday after Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant at his home on Palmer Creek Bend, near Folly Beach.

This week's cover story took a look at three challenges facing Folly Beach: 1. the eroding shoreline, 2. the booze ban, and 3. dysfunction in city government.

The Summer SOULstice Celebration is an all-day event this Saturday, June 15th and the Brick House Kitchen.

Advance registration required for many programs. Call 795-4386 or visit ccprc.com to register.

The past week was rainy and gross, but hopefully it will clear up this week so summer can actually start.

"My advice to other couples is don't let age influence your decision to marry," said newlywed Stephanie Moore.

The storm was racing through South Carolina early Friday and was expected to move into eastern North Carolina by midday.

Dark clouds rolls into the Holy City on Thursday June 6, 2013 as Tropical Storm Andrea moves up the coast.

The just-completed renourishment of Folly Beach County Park extends to this rock groin now under construction.

Sections of Folly Beach were jammed with visitors Saturday, a situation that might see some relief when the county park reopens soon.

Frank will speak, greet fans and sign copies, beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbecue Road in Ocean Isle Beach.

The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission provides lifeguards at the county beach parks and at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier in an effort to reduce the number of beach accidents.

Ethics reform likely dead - With just four days left in the legislative session, a bi-partisan group of state senators voted Wednesday against making proposed ethics reform legislation a priority in order to expedidte its passage before the Senate adjourns at the end of the week until January.

It wasn't your typical city council meeting on Folly Beach Tuesday night. Folly Beach Mayor Pro-Tem Eddie Ellis had some strong words for current Mayor, Tim Goodwin.

How would you live in the grips of a disease that will eventually kill you? That's one of the questions Derma addresses "This is a human story told through the perspective of one person in a poetic way.