The good news: local waterways contain thousands of pounds less debris following a recent cleanup. The bad news: due to hurricanes Helene and Milton, ...

The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island and local churches will present a sunrise service on Easter Sunday. With sunrise expected at 7:01 a.m. Sunday, April ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short, in an April 11 email to The Islander, said the city entered an agreement with HR Direct for services, including a hotline for ...

Island churches are observing Holy Week, which began April 13 with Palm Sunday. Observances will be at Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring is making tracks on the beach. The team began surveying the beaches April 15 to monitor for sea ...

Soccer rules at center, KRC hosts 1st night golf tourney - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

Plans are complete for the 43rd annual Easter sunrise service hosted by the Anna Maria Island Kiwanis Club at Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach. Easter Sunday is April 8 and the traditional sunrise ...

A pair of right whales made an apparent wrong turn from their usual wintertime haunts offshore from Northeast Florida and made a lap of the Gulf of Mexico. The mother and calf were spotted off Anna ...

A huge hammerhead shark caused more commotion ashore last week than it ever did in the water, as Cortez village hosted the marine giant on its way to Mote Marine Laboratory. Caught on tackle off Boca ...

The Manatee County Area Transit and its Sarasota counterpart, Sarasota County Area Transit, will begin daily trolley service between Anna Maria Island and downtown Sarasota, including stops on ...

A long-standing issue has come back to haunt Bradenton Beach, this time in the form of a criminal contempt of court lawsuit from Pete Milazzo. In an ongoing saga that began in June 2004, Milazzo, of ...