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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Bradenton man with Island ties remained in critical condition last week after his Jeep Cherokee crashed into a tree along Manatee Avenue on Perico Island. The accident occurred at about 9:30 p.m.

NextG wireless communications company indicated last week that its equipment is similar to a small panel attached to an existing utility pole and looks nothing like the cell tower at Smith Realtors on ...

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

My daughter passed away 10 years ago and my wonderful friends purchased a memorial bench with a plaque from the city of ...

Use caution when navigating local waters to avoid debris, find fish - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, ...