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Shoring Up

On Isle of Palms, folks found more real estate for sun-bathing, bocce ball-playing, and castle-building this season after a beach renourishment eased the effects of regular erosion, as well as hurricane damage. Come July 5, it’s Folly Beach’s turn. This is not one of the Corps of Engineers’ periodic renourishments to account for sand-loss caused in part by the jetties. Instead, it’s aimed at repairing the nasty work of recent storms, including last September’s Hurricane Irma