The Bradenton Beach City Commission denied an April 17 request to operate a paid parking lot at 2000 Gulf Drive N., but ...

An 18-year-old arrested in August 2023 in connection with a hit-and-run on the Palma Sola Causeway was sentenced April 9 to 12 years in prison, with ...

Adult soccer takes the pitch, season of golf wraps up at KRC - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Springtime fishing ahead of May warms as waters heat up - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

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 ...

The 16th Annual Carl Balck GMC Sarasota Blues Fest will be at the Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Oct. 28. Headlining the show is Gregg Allman, who has roots to Anna Maria Island, as well ...

Ham Jones is closing his Seafood Shack for two or three weeks but that doesn't mean he's selling the Cortez landmark restaurant, he said Tuesday. A persistent rumor surfaced again this week among his ...

An artist's rendering of what the new Anna Maria Island Community Center exterior will look like was displayed at the September board of directors meeting. islander Photo: Diana Bogan After several ...

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 ...

This building on Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach that has housed the Sterling Anvil since the 1970s and another building around the corner that contains storage spaces and Essence of Time were sold by Earl ...

Three people were hospitalized with serious injuries following an April 18 motor vehicle crash in Holmes Beach. A woman driving a Jeep with Ohio plates crashed that day through the south-facing window ...

The Island Baptist Church at 8605 Gulf Drive straddles the city limits of Holmes Beach and Anna Maria. islander Photo: Rick Catlin Faced with citizen complaints about the safety of the crosswalk on ...