Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short reported in a Feb. 13 email to The Islander some of the events from a commission meeting that day ...

As Manatee County and the Florida Department of Transportation prepare for the replacement of the Cortez Bridge, utility work ...

FISH secretary and Florida Sea Grant extension scientist Angela Collins holds a red grouper during a Dock Talk at the Fulford ...

Bradenton Beach commissioners motioned on Feb. 14 to hire a new building official and a new flood plain manager, unanimously ...

Hole-in-one at KRC, action at center, AM pits, tennis courts - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 66 samples from Florida’s Gulf coast the week ending Feb. 16. In Southwest Florida, K. brevis was ...

Calm winds, warmers temps lead to opportunities in Gulf - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

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Manatee County commissioners were expected to select a contractor at press time to begin work on the Coquina Beach Trail in Bradenton Beach. The long-awaited beachfront trail will run from Fifth ...

Bradenton Beach building official Steve Gilbert prepares for an Oct. 14 meeting to discuss a dunes restoration project across the street from city hall. islander Photo: Lisa Neff Bradenton Beach ...

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 ...

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 ...