While privately owned, the island has long been frequented by locals as a kayaking, boating and fishing spot, and it also ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners recently approved an investment of $24 million into the county’s parks. Recently, mornings have been really busy for crews working at Manatee County ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners unanimously voted to purchase more than 13 acres of land to add to Pine Island Preserve. The $40,000 purchase will come out of Manatee County’s ...

Lee County leads Florida in manatee deaths from boat strikes in 2025, with 14 recorded incidents. Statewide, manatee deaths ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND — In a move that came as a surprise to some, the owners of Beaufort County’s Pine Island moved to drop a 2023 lawsuit filed against Beaufort County and the Beaufort County Planning ...

Norfolk Island pines decorated as small Christmas trees are frequently given as gifts over the holidays. With simple care, they will thrive well beyond one season. The small, potted plants that we ...

BEAUFORT — Since late 2022, efforts to develop a golf resort on a St. Helena Island property, where local zoning prohibits golf resorts, have take many forms. At each turn, the development team behind ...

Sixty-one years after the last ferry linking Staten Island and Bay Ridge ended with the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, ferry service between the two boroughs resumed Dec. 8, with ...

Rattlesnake Key, an undeveloped island of over 670 acres in Tampa Bay that state and local officials hoped to conserve as a public park, recently sold to a private buyer. The island, which sits ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — It’s a mystery that’s 10 feet long and weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, as scientists at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center are looking into what caused the death ...