Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

The basic construction part of the Cortez Road project is finished and work has been suspended until May 1. As the Florida Department of Transportation promised the historic fishing village, the job ...

In what is rapidly becoming a nightmare for Cafe on the Beach owner Dee Percifield - along with the numerous regular and winter visitor patrons who frequent the restaurant - Manatee County officials ...

Restaurateurs who have received a letter from a polite patron who complained of becoming ill after dining at their establishment should probably NOT feel guilty and not send the patron a gift ...

Expect to come across a devil or two next week, as well as a number of fairies, witches, princesses, pirates and pumpkins. The annual Trail of Treats, sponsored by the Anna Maria Island Chamber of ...

The Anna Maria City Commission may be in for some overtime at its Jan. 26 regular meeting. Commission Chairperson John Quam has placed a number of important items on the agenda for discussion and/or a ...

Preliminary clearing for the Cortez channel dredging project can begin any time now, but the dredging itself is not likely to begin until at least October. That is to give the commercial fishermen of ...

The shore bird nesting area on the Island's north beach was about two-thirds under water after Dennis passed, virtually wiping out one of the state's premier nesting areas. "All of the area where the ...

There was one casualty left in the wake of Hurricane Dennis on Anna Maria Island: The start of the beach renourishment project. "We should start putting sand on the beach by the end of this week," ...

Just a few weeks ago, the beach along the bay side of North Shore Drive in Anna Maria extended out some 20 to 30 feet from the seawall. After Hurricane Dennis swept through the Gulf of Mexico, however ...

Center football takes field, horseshoes, golf feel chill - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...