As director of the county’s parks and recreation department, John McCarthy knows a lot about Sarasota’s beaches. In fact, just last year, he walked all 35 miles of them, for an article for our 2009 ...

With 825 miles of accessible beaches and an average of more than 235 days of sunshine per year, it's no surprise that Florida is top of mind for travelers looking for a domestic beach getaway. Case in ...

SIESTA KEY — The weather didn’t stop residents and tourists alike who flocked to Turtle and Siesta Key beaches Monday morning. With sheets of white sand blowing across Siesta Public Beach, Jim and ...

As a native Southern Californian, I’ve enjoyed many California beaches from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, and I’ve been to many beaches in Hawaii too. For some unexplained reason, though, it ...