Plans are complete for the 43rd annual Easter sunrise service hosted by the Anna Maria Island Kiwanis Club at Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach. Easter Sunday is April 8 and the traditional sunrise ...

What's a wannabe visiting recycler to do on Anna Maria Island? That question was posed by Dr. James N. Coutant. An occasional visitor to the Island, Coutant said he and friends dutifully bagged up ...

A long-standing issue has come back to haunt Bradenton Beach, this time in the form of a criminal contempt of court lawsuit from Pete Milazzo. In an ongoing saga that began in June 2004, Milazzo, of ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry service might find a landing in the heart of Holmes Beach. City Commissioner Dan Diggins, ...

The Bradenton Beach City Commission voted unanimously March 20 to approve a temporary use permit for the Drift-In AMI, ...

Presence of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was diminishing, detected in just two samples from Florida’s Gulf coast the week ending March 23. The ...

Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth said the week ending March 23 that spring break brought a lot of traffic and congestion.

The Center of Anna Maria Island’s adult flag football season concluded March 20 with the semifinals and championship games.

Fishing a consistent bite was hard to come by in March as numerous weather patterns fluctuated, causing strong winds and drastic temperature changes. Still, Anna Maria Island anglers were resilient in ...