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 ...

As Marie Franklin looks on, John Cagnina throws out the first pitch at the newly rededicated Scanio-Hutchinson Memorial Field May 3 at the Anna Maria Island Community Center. Marie Franklin touches ...

The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...

State Rep. Ron Reagan, an insurance agent who represents clients from an office in eastern Manatee County, says that legislators are "political animals" who will look for solutions to the state ...

The Key Royale Club concluded 36 holes of scratch golf Feb. 7, crowning the men’s and ladies’ champions for the year. On the ladies’ side, Debbie Wohlers won the club championship for the ninth time ...

Nate Davis of Plant City caught this 32-inch-long redfish while fishing with Capt. Tom Chaya on the Dolphin Dreams out of Holmes Beach. Anthony Manali and fiancée JoAnn Fumerelle, both of Anna Maria ...

Complete with five splendid homes, boutique, quilt raffle, and two shuttle buses to ease parking, the 13th annual Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18. The ...

A host of projects on Anna Maria Island could receive funding through the federal stimulus windfall. President Barack Obama has approved the Congressional stimulus package of $787 billion. Exactly how ...

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 ...

The dredge that arrived last week to begin renourishment of the Island’s beaches moved to safer waters in Tampa Bay near the northern end of the Island, where calm folks fished away the day. islander ...

Visitors to Anna Maria Island arriving this week without a reservation may have to scramble to find lodging. Only a few Island accommodation owners and managers surveyed last week reported any ...

It started last April with a beach cleanup for some college students who reside on Anna Maria Island and their friends. They ...