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Four Coast contestants will face a round of interviews this weekend for a chance to be crowned the 2025 Shrimp Queen at the ...
Don't forget to check out the booklet for the 2025 Provincetown Portuguese Festival, Blessing of Fleet: It has stories, photos, where to eat, more.
The 96th Blessing of the Fleet celebration, one of Biloxi’s oldest cultural traditions, hit the water Sunday. The Blessing of ...
For nearly a century, shrimpers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast have turned to prayer for protection and prosperity before ...
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s time for Biloxi’s Blessing of the Fleet, a yearly Coast tradition that dates back to 1929. This year, it’s happening Sunday, July 7. Each year before shrimp boats ...
The Blessing of the Fleet — which this year coincided with Memorial Day Weekend — is one of Biloxi’s oldest traditions and honors both fishermen who have died but also brings blessings for ...
Members of Mount Pleasant's Recreation Department recognized this year's Blessing of the Fleet beneficiaries, the Rotary Club ...
The weekend of Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2, 2019, St. Michael’s Parish, Biloxi, Mississippi, part of the Diocese of Biloxi, will lead the 90th annual Biloxi Blessing of the Fleet.
Jul. 28—STONINGTON — Walter Roderick, a 77-year-old lobsterman, laid a broken anchor-shaped wreath Sunday in Stonington Harbor to honor four relatives, and other local fishermen like them, who ...
Read full article: Boaters cruise along St. Johns River for annual ‘Blessing of the Fleet’ Despite the windy conditions, dozens of local boaters cruised along the St. Johns River Sunday for ...
The Most Rev. Michael R. Cote, Bishop of Norwich, blesses the fishing vessel Jenna Lynn II during the annual Blessing of the Fleet in Stonington Borough on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
The Narragansett Lions Club, which organizes the Blessing of the Fleet Festival and the race, limited participation to 4,000 runners and walkers, leaving some latecomers without running bibs.