EDISTO ISLAND — Capt. Daniel Townsend fell in ... sell cakes and cookies for funds to build a large, sturdy Baptist church for local enslaved people. It opened in 1818. She was there every ...

Anna Maria Elementary School is saying goodbye to two long-term ... Dunning also plans to volunteer at her church, First Baptist of Palmetto. Both Redeker and Dunning spoke warmly of the affection ...

A boat broke free from its mooring and washed ashore near Maple Avenue in Anna Maria May 12 following several days of stormy weather. Fire Marshal Rodney Kwiatkowski on May 14 said West Manatee Fire ...

Hephzibah Townsend, the wife of an Edisto Island cotton plantation owner, helped build a church for enslaved people. She also donated a silver chalice for a communion cap. Over a century later ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing, which means weekly updates from Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch. The first nest was spotted in the first week of May ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shiloh AME Zion Church, West Brighton, celebrated another milestone on Saturday, marking 119 years of serving the community. Parishioners joined with friends and family at ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The oldest African American Baptist church on Staten Island, St. Philip’s Baptist Church, turns 155 years old on Sunday, May 18. To mark the occasion, a special ...

Anna Maria Elementary School is a public school located in Holmes Beach, FL, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Anna Maria Elementary School is 190 and the school serves ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Anna Maria Island was a primitive land in 1891 with lots of mosquitoes and rattlesnakes. But when Charles Roser, the guy who created Fig Newtons, got together with Wil Bean ...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun on Anna Maria Island, but these ancient creatures face new challenges in the wake of last year's devastating hurricane season. "We come just from the morning ...

Volunteers patrol the beaches at dawn, searching for the distinctive tracks that lead to nests. Qatar pushes back on reports of $400M Boeing jet gift to Trump Man stumbles across hoard of ...

The festival, organized by the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, will feature Greek food, live music and dancing, and more. The menu this year will include six full entrees costing $18-$22 ...