Bradenton Beach commission meeting started off with a bang as Police Chief John Cosby addressed commissioners with a nearly full gallery in ...

Holy cow, that’s the crack of a bat whacking a ball and the roar of a crowd on Ninth Street West in Bradenton. The Pittsburgh ...

A month after Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry lost a temporary dock in Anna Maria, concepts of a new pier have surfaced.

The Center of Anna Maria Island’s Pickleball Extravaganza is set for noon-4 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in partnership with Luvv Pickleball. The event will ...

Choose fishing window opportunities for best outcomes - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Youth, adult flag football winds down, golf at KRC, more - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

While the Florida Institute of Government has little information on the cost of a feasibility study to consolidate the three Island cities, its counterpart in Georgia has considerable experience in ...

Many of Manatee County's homeless population often head to Anna Maria Island, particularly on weekends. With free bus service to Manatee Public Beach from the mainland and the free Island Trolley, the ...

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 ...

Dr. Ernest Estevez is the keeper of all lore nautical in our part of the world. For more than three decades he has practiced his craft at Mote Marine Laboratory, publishing scores of technical papers ...

Officials investigate the crash of a private, single-engine plane on April 13. islander Photo: Courtesy Craig Herbert of NewsManatee.com A Cortez man and a Sarasota man suffered injuries April 13 when ...

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 ...