Folly Beach News

Today volunteers are combing the sands of Folly Beach to help clean up the edge of America.

The mayor of one South Carolina coastal city says officials may rethink allowing alcohol on the beach, after the Fourth of July weekend left Folly Beach looking like a frat house after an all-night party.

Folly Beach is picking up the trash after this weekend's festivities. Some city officials say it's so bad it may push the city to change one of its unique laws.

Authorities are investigating an early morning burglary at the Rock and Roll Roadhouse Cafe in which thieves cut through the raised floor of the bar and let the safe drop through.

Folly Beach Mayor Carl Beckmann Jr. says the city is beefing up its traffic patrols to catch those who park illegally this summer.

The following will be closed today for the Independence Day holiday: --Charleston County government --North Charleston City Hall --Folly Beach City Hall --James Island Town Hall --City of Isle of Palms offices --Town of Mount Pleasant offices --Town of Awendaw offices --Dorchester County government --Town of Summerville offices --Berkeley County ...

Officials say a sea turtle's nest was tampered with late Monday night on Folly Beach.

A memorial service for Margaret Eddy Jones, 68, will be held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church.

Danny Cizek, a Czech immigrant, stands outside his mobile home with his wife, Cathy, as the Czech flag flies overhead.

The National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood WARNING in effect from 6 p.m. today until 1 a.m. tomorrow morning along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.

HOURS: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Situated near the bottom of the Ravenel Bridge, Taco Boy's downtown restaurant can't match the views of its brother on Folly Beach.

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As you travel South on Folly Road down towards Folly Beach you may see a hippy looking love shack type structure off to your left.

Jonathan Hagins puts serious thought into his plates, like the big and brawny scallop dish, which is so good you'll want to order two Blu Restaurant Seafood 1 Center St.

There is a fine, and perhaps even artificial, line between opera and musicals. Certainly it's not hard to define each and satisfy ourselves that the difference is vast, and somehow the twain shall never meet.

The South Carolina Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital released two juvenile loggerhead turtles at the Folly Beach County Park on Tuesday.

Andy "Smoky" Weiner on his early days as a festival organizer and the gigs on Bowens Island In the 1990s, Charleston enjoyed a thriving blues and roots scene, populated by bands with an uncomplicated approach to the traditions of the 1950s and '60s. Local blues/rock singer and harmonica player Andy "Smoky" Weiner stepped into the Charleston blues ...

The South Carolina Aquarium is releasing two more loggerhead sea turtles nursed back to health at the aquarium's hospital.

ISLE OF PALMSa 'Want to know how well the controversial Wild Dunes beach renourishment is doing? Here's a clue: They'll be toasting it with champagne Wednesday.

Holiday Inns are not usually associated with fine and fun dining experiences. BLU Restaurant and Bar in the newly refurbished Holiday Inn at Folly Beach is about to change all that.