Folly Beach: All America City? Folly Beach has been named a finalist – one of 20 – in the prestigious All America Cities competition. Often called the Nobel Prize for civic accomplishment, the awards are given to only 10 communities each year. Only 12 South Carolina cities have ever received this award. Charleston’s city limit signs still mention the designation, even though the award was received in 1978. … [Read more...]
Rabies Vaccination Clinic for Folly Beach will be on Saturday, April 20th 9-12 noon at the Folly Beach Fire Station. Vaccination fee does not exceed $10.00 per animal. All dogs must be leashed and cats in a box or carrier. You may also purchase your or renew your Folly Beach Pet License at this time. Call Public Safety, 588-2433, for more information. … [Read more...]
Saturdays: April 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th (Folly Tennis Court 503 East Erie St.) Adults 9:30am – 10:30am Ages 7-12 10:30am – 11:30am To Register Contact Ralph Wright at 843-814-6716 OR patricia9796@att.net The tennis clinics will be held on Saturdays. A clinic will be composed of four Saturdays with an hour of instruction each time. Total instruction time for a clinic will be four hours and the cost per participant will be $30.00 per clinic (4 weeks). Any adults that would … [Read more...]
Watch the March 5th Folly Beach DHEC Meeting online. Folly Beach DHEC meeting from City of Folly Beach on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Here's the link to the new Folly Beach Festivals website. If you would like information on the upcoming Sea & Sand festival please click here. Folly Beach Festivals website … [Read more...]
The special election for the District 1 Congressional seat, formally held by Tim Scott, will be March 19, 2013. If a candidate in neither primary gains 50 percent of the vote, there will a runoff election with the two top candidates. Run-Off Election: April 2, 2013 General Election: May 7, 2013 … [Read more...]
Mayor Tim Goodwin dedicated a plaque in Folly River Park to the memory of Shann Rocco, with the help of her husband Jim and children Isabella and William. Mr. Rocco sold the park land to the City at a reduced price, and donated $50,000 to the cost of the pavilion. The event took place at February’s Second Sunday in the Park, in front of a large crowd. In Memory of Shann Rocco Mayor Tim Goodwin & Rocco Family Music in the Park - Family … [Read more...]
If you live on Folly Island, you’re probably within half a block of a mid-block “right-of-way,” but you may not know it. When Folly Beach streets were laid out in 1920, the planners added a 10-foot mid-block strip of public land connecting one avenue to the next. No one knows why – was it for fire hoses? Model T cut-throughs? Pedestrians? But the Planning Commission (PC) thinks the foresight of those planners can benefit residents today. … [Read more...]
It’s election time again. This time it’s a special election in the first congressional district to fill the seat vacated when Governor Nikki Haley appointed Tim Scott to replace Senator Jim DeMint. And there’s a new wrinkle: a photo ID law is now in effect, and it will affect you. … [Read more...]
Meet Our New Postmaster, Lori Schuster: Lori Schuster has been selected by the USPS to serve as our new Postmaster, replacing Joanne Johnston, who retired July 31st. Jennifer Gadsden, who ran our post office during the interim, will stay on to work with Schuster. The new postmaster has spent her career with the Post Office, and has years of experience as a Postmaster. She started as a letter carrier in Camden in 1990. Two years later, she moved to the Florence post office to be closer to … [Read more...]
