It’s been nearly six years since Hurricane Sandy descended on the New York borough of Staten Island. The storm killed 43 people in the city; 23 of those deaths occurred on Staten Island. Ten people ...

Once a community of several hundred people, Sandy Island’s isolated population has dwindled down to between 50 and 60 at any given time. But Coastal Carolina University is making sure the undeveloped ...

Coastal Carolina University has been awarded an African American Civil Rights Grant of $104,798 from the National Park Service for its project, the Sandy Island Cultural Initiative. The grant will be ...

Fire Island is essentially a big pile of sand with a whole lot of development. With less than a mile between the bayside and the ocean, hurricanes like the 2012 Superstorm Sandy have lasting impacts ...

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — Students who live on Sandy Island in Georgetown County will ride a new school ferry when classes start later this month. Local media outlets report the state Department of ...

Whether Sandy Island will get a much-needed vehicle ferry could be up to the Federal Highway Administration. The Coast Regional Transportation Authority is trying to acquire a 60-foot, three-vehicle ...

Among the many geographic victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the devastating hurricanes that leveled several Caribbean nations in September, was Sandy Island, a small but cherished "out" island in ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – The Georgetown County School District has received a new school bus boat to replace the boat that has been used ferry student on Sandy Island to school for over 50 years ...

SANDY ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Horry Telephone Company (HTC) will begin construction on a project intended to bring broadband to underserved residents of Sandy Island. According to a June 26 press ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - The Prince Washington has seen better days. The Sandy Island school boat is the only mode of transportation for area students to and from school. For years, the vessel ...

Superstorm Sandy started as a ripple on Oct. 11, 2012, when a wave of low pressure in the easterly trades left the west coast of Africa and moved west over the Atlantic toward the Caribbean. When it ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The body of a 63-year-old man was recovered from the water near Sandy Island on Sunday afternoon, Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway said on Monday. Ridgeway ...