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 | Sep 30, 2025 | News, Rossville AMEZ, Sandy Ground, Staten Island Advance
Seated in the first row from left to right, Rev. Charles Washington, Jerome Moody, and Glenda Mosley-Laboard, second row from left to right, Lucille Herring, Yvette Taylor Jordan, Damien Taylor Brown, and Olivia Moody, standing in the third row from left to right,...
