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MYSTERY PHOTO: Old church

Here’s an old church in what looks like a Lowcountry setting. Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Last week’s mystery, “Few clues to this stumper,” got three answers, only two of which were correct. The two sleuths, Justin White of James Island and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, came up with the answer in two different ways. White said recognized the location, which was between 1572 and 1574 E. Ashley Ave on Folly Beach “because my boat hit oyster shells there at low tide.”

by Charleston Currents · 03/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEWS BRIEFS: Police say lessons learned; coalition pushes back on report

Staff reports | Charleston police say an internal assessment of May 30-31 protests downtown show the agency has learned, but a coalition of activists is pushing back.

During the presentation of the final after-action report during Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting, Chief Luther Reynolds said the report was made to include the perspectives of officers, community leaders, business owners, residents, protesters and arrested criminal offenders.

by Charleston Currents · 03/01/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

6/15: New virus cases; Right side; Expand Medicaid; Concert for Equality

IN THIS ISSUE
TODAY’S FOCUS: Thousands of new COVID-19 cases reported in last week
COMMENTARY, Brack: South Carolina needs to get on the right side of history no
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
MY TURN, Elmore: Failure on Medicaid expansion shows lawmakers don’t value black lives
NEWS BRIEFS: New amenities open at Folly Beach County Park
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mysterious statue
CALENDAR: Charleston Symphony to present Concert for Equality
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Voting Rights Act

by Charleston Currents · 06/15/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

GOOD NEWS: County to replace Folly Beach pier

Staff reports | The 1,045-foot-long Folly Beach Fishing Pier will be replaced by Charleston County Parks to allow the icon to continue to serve the community. Construction is expected to start later this year.

“The 24-year-old Folly Beach Pier, while still currently safe for visitors, is deteriorating, its wooden piles impacted by marine boring worms,” according to a press release. The parks department began dive inspections of the pier pilings in 2013, and encapsulated many of the piles over the past five years in an effort to strengthen them, kill the worms and maintain the integrity of the pier. The walkway has been continually inspected as well.

by Charleston Currents · 05/06/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MYSTERY PHOTO: What is this photo all about?

There might be a little guessing going on with this photo, but you might recognize the guy with the big smile. Any idea what this photo is and around when it was taken? Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our April 8 mystery, “This mystery may be too tough” was a beach scene sent in by Hanahan reader Chuck Boyd. And it was pretty tough as only two people guessed correctly that it was a sign on the Folly Beach fishing pier pointing to an artificial reef.

by Andy Brack · 04/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

4/15, full issue: Ox is still in the ditch; Home warranties; More

IN THIS ISSUE

COMMENTARY, Brack: Yes, senator, the ox is in the ditch stil
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
REAL ESTATE: Should you buy a home warranty?
GOOD NEWS: New book highlights how S.C. can do better
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: What is this photo all about?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Battle of Cowpens was turning point in Revolutionary War
CALENDAR: Lots to do locally in weeks ahead

by Charleston Currents · 04/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

CALENDAR, July 25+: Folly Family Fun, storytelling. Godspell

Calendar for the week of July 25+ — Folly Family Fun nights, Gullah storytelling, Godspell, Prayer rally, more.

by Charleston Currents · 07/25/2016 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

LETTERS: Stop investing in ephemeral coastal infrastructure

The Folly Beach County Park restoration will benefit tourism and relieve parking congestion, and has received recognition from a trade association, wonderful! But the whole concept of building groins to relieve beach erosion, however the Army Corps of Engineers may wish to sell it, is a zero-sum game in which sands trapped on one side are excavated from the other.

by Charleston Currents · 06/01/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

Full issue, 5/25: Restored beach, Saturday wedding, more

The new issue for May 25 (Happy Memorial Day) shares how Folly Beach has been named one of the nation’s best restored beaches. Andy Brack shares thoughts on a Saturday wedding. There’s lots of good news as well as our mystery picture.

by Charleston Currents · 05/25/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Folly Beach is one of nation’s best restored beaches

Staff reports | Folly Beach has one of America’s top five best restored beaches for 2015, according to the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA).

“As Americans flock to our nation’s coastline during the upcoming beach season, most don’t even realize they may be enjoying a restored beach,” said ASBPA President Harry Simmons, who is mayor of Caswell Beach, N.C.

Folly Beach won the award, in part, for work to fix Folly Beach County Park, which became inaccessible in August 2011 after Hurricane Irene. Without the project to restore the beach, the park would still be closed, according to a press release.

by Charleston Currents · 05/25/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news