by Community News | Jul 12, 2026 | Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Updated: July. 12, 2026, 4:15 p.m. | Published: July. 11, 2026, 5:50 a.m. Sandy Ground is the nation’s oldest free Black settlement continuously inhabited by descendants. Advance Local Express Desk By Amanda Faublas | afaublas@siadvance.com EDITOR’S NOTE...
by Community News | Jul 8, 2026 | Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Updated: July. 8, 2026, 4:17 p.m. | Published: July. 2, 2026, 5:50 a.m. Sandy Ground is the nation’s oldest free Black settlement continuously inhabited by descendants. Advance Local Express Desk By Amanda Faublas | afaublas@siadvance.com EDITOR’S NOTE...
by Community News | Jun 9, 2026 | Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Updated: Mar. 12, 2026, 11:19 a.m. | Published: Mar. 11, 2026, 5:50 a.m. Sandy Ground is the nation’s oldest free Black settlement continuously inhabited by descendants. Advance Local Express Desk By Tracey Porpora | porpora@siadvance.com EDITOR’S NOTE This...
by Community News | May 18, 2026 | News, Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Sandy Ground descendants traveled to Columbia University to share stories of a Staten Island community that has endured since 1828, surviving devastating fires and development while preserving its heritage through faith and family. (Courtesy of Heather Butts)Heather...
by Community News | Dec 31, 2021 | News, Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Published: December 31, 2021, 12:41 p.m By Kayla Simas | KSimas@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The second of three new Staten Island ferryboats has arrived in New York City. The Sandy Ground cruised under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge just after 10 a.m. on...
