Folly Beach News

Description: If you want to throw yourself into being a tourist in your own town, the Crab Shack is the place to do it.

A double-masted boat sits abandoned at low tide Friday on the bank of a creek that feeds into the Folly River.

Description: The Charleston Crab House expands to Folly Beach with the island's newest restaurant, Conch.

The venue is packed with TVs, pinball, foosball, pool tables, and bowling and golf video games.

A James Island teen died in a two-car collision Saturday night on Folly Beach. Phillip Riedle, 18, died at 6:30 p.m. after being taken to Medical University Hospital with head injuries, Charleston County ...

A public safety officer fired his gun at a car that he thought was driving toward him during an attempted traffic stop here early this morning, authorities said.

McGinley looks at her fifth-place trophy, which she won in the women's longboard division at the Wahine Surfing Classic at Folly Beach.

Georgette Mayo, the Avery Research Center's interim director, says working at the center feeds her passions for archives, culture and African-American history.

In keeping with a small trend evidenced by other columns written by reporters here at the Daily Local News, I, too, will recount to bored readers how I spent my summer vacation.

Submitted by dlauderdale on August 5, 2008 - 11:07am. Folly Beach: July 4, 1937, courtesy of the Charleston Museum - Long walk on a short pier: Folly Beach keeps getting its pier back again and again.

Folly Beach lifeguards say as many as 30 people were stung every day last week. Part of the reason may be because there are so many different species of jellyfish in our area.

Charleston, SC Officers responded to a call complaining of a loud pool party on Center Street in Folly Beach on July 6, according to a public safety report.

Phone: 588-2009. Parking: Can be tough on Folly during a summer weekend. But if you don't mind walking, there's always a spot.

For some Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission activities, a chaperon is required for participants 15 and younger.

Two weeks ago, I poked fun at Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and his early-era MTV clips in these music pages.

The sun broiled hot enough to melt sunscreen. The surf washed out your brain. Now it's sunset in this bohemian Edge of America.

The sun broiled hot enough to melt sunscreen. The surf washed out your brain. Now it's sunset in this bohemian Edge of America.

The City of Folly Beach passed an ordinance on July 22 that prohibits the sale of alcohol between the hours of 2:00am - ' 6:00am. Supposedly, the reasoning behind this action is that Folly Beach is a "family beach” according to the Charleston Regional Business Journal. That seems sort of strange considering...

Despite the pleas of a local supermarket owner and a petition with 1,400 signatures, Folly Beach City Council has banned alcohol sales from 2 to 6 a.m. Councilmember Tim Goodwin, who introduced the ordinance, ...

The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 raised the per-hour minimum wage* on July 24 for three years: 2007: From $5.15 to $5.85. 2008: From $5.85 to $6.55. 2009: From $6.55 to $7.25. *Exceptions: Employees younger ...