A Michigan family vacationing on Anna Maria Island gained national attention after discovering a message in a bottle on ...

The Anna Maria City Pier’s fractured walkway might not be around much longer. City commissioners unanimously voted May 29 to ...

Summer brings more soccer, golf, horseshoe action - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

The city of Bradenton Beach is rallying to preserve Tingley Memorial Library, a longstanding community institution named for ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short weighed in with an email to The Islander of “good news” May 30. “Our Memorial Day event was a ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring notched another busy week with documenting the activity of nesting ...

After several meetings with Mayor Short, local resident William Pakbaz decided that his Eagle Scout project would involve ...

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← Eagle Scout Project Takes Flight on Anna Maria Island Anna Maria selects contractor for pier walkway demo → ...

Looks like a new pier for landing the Gulf Islands Ferry in Anna Maria is sunk. City commissioners reached consensus on May 27 to abandon ferry landing ...

Ronald C. Gans, 81, of Bradenton Beach and formerly of Crest Hill, Illinois, died May 25. He was born May 26, 1943, to the late Helen (Likar) and Albert Gans in Joliet, Illinois. He was a retired CPA ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Tampa resident Matthew Ocasio, 27, May 23 on a second-degree misdemeanor charge for allegedly driving under the influence of ...