Crescent Beach News

Plans for Beach Access 12 and Turtle and Siesta public beaches were the primary topics of discussion at the Nov.

Finnegan's Wake, A1A at Crescent Beach, will be the setting Saturday for a dinner auction benefitting SAFE -- Saving animals from euthanasia.

A 27-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after a woman told police she found him and her underage daughter having sex over the weekend.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:13 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. The Cedar Key man accused of shooting his wife of two weeks and kidnapping a friend may have been motivated by the couple's financial problems.

Editor: Artists from all over Florida were invited to the annual "paint out'' held in Crescent Beach , the last week of October.

R.M. "Dodsy" Miles of Crescent Beach, a beach resident and activist for many years, stood before the St.

Tom Sadler, from Winter Park, works on a paining at Genungs Fish Camp on southern Anastasia Island during the 5th annual Crescent Beach Paint Out Tuesday afternoon, October 27, 2009.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:20 a.m. A proposed law that would have strengthened the county's ability to declare a particular stretch of beach public was watered down Tuesday, but would still likely be the toughest access law of its kind on Florida's Gulf Coast.

The Sheriff's Office says a registered sexual predator has moved into a neighborhood near Crescent Beach.

It was a big birthday for St. Augustine Beach on Sunday--the big five-o of the municipality.

A 13-year-old Green Cove Springs boy was listed in fair condition at Shands Jacksonville on Monday, two days after authorities said he was shot accidentally inside his home.

Celiac disease is becoming one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. Studies show that approximately one in every 100 Americans suffers from this condition.

A former Key West administrator and AIDS Help director drowned Sunday while trying to rescue his girlfriend from a rip current at Crescent Beach near St.

Authorities said a man in his 60s drowned at Crescent Beach this afternoon after telling his female companion how to escape a rip current that overtook them.

A St. Johns County man saves the life of a woman at the beach, but couldn't rescue himself from a strong rip current.

Model trains will get their due this weekend at the 19th annual Palatka Railfest.

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:26 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:26 p.m. A push to name South Lido Park after former Sarasota City Commissioner Ted Sperling is running into a handful of opponents who think the landmark's name is perfect as it is.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:12 p.m. Thirty-five years ago, Florida's Supreme Court made a powerful statement concerning the public's right to enjoy privately owned beach land.

From the porch of a Crescent Beach home built more than 100 years ago in the segregated South, U.S. Rep.

We knew it would happen someday, a festival to honor our famous datil pepper. That someday is now, this weekend, during the St.