While Anna Maria is saving about $50,000 a year by outsourcing its building official position and paying for just part-time help, it’s not really getting the maximum level of service, current building ...

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 ...

The Holmes Beach Planning Commission held a public hearing March 16 to discuss a small plan amendment proposal to redesignate the properties located east of Gulf Drive, between 52nd Street and Anna ...

There’s no room at the Anna Maria Inn. Anna Maria city commissioners agreed unanimously at their April 23 meeting that there was no need to ask Mayor Fran Barford to have the planning and zoning board ...

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 ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

This photo shows the location of the former Trader Jack's restaurant, now being offered for $25 million by Mike Norman Realty of Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Jack Elka Got a spare $25 million sitting ...

"Our ‘dirty little secret' is that you don't go to Manatee County's beaches on holiday weekends. The county needs to wake up." That comment from Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie comes in the wake of ...

Twenty years ago my wife and I came to Anna Maria to spend the winter. We are still here. In that time the island has changed considerably; but then, I suppose, so have we. Twenty years is apt to ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

Turner Grant, 13, right, and Ian Wilson, 13, left, both of Ontario, Canada, with their catch of gag grouper, red grouper, and a monster mangrove snapper. Both were on spring break and visiting Ian’s ...

Capt. Anthony Manali, Justin and Jim Alderman of Anna Maria caught this 57-pound gag grouper on Jim's boat, the Kathleen Marie, while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The dog days of August are looking ...