One island has the Gulf to the west and Anna Maria Sound to the east. One island has the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Irish Sea to the east. Both Islands will see St. Patrick’s Day celebrations ...

Cold weather calls for shrimp on the hook — and patience - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

On Jan. 8, at their first meeting of the new year, the Manatee Board of County Commissioners received an update on the ...

Week one of the adult flag football league at the Center of Anna Maria Island kicked off Jan. 9 with five games played. The ...

As the year came to an end, the Florida Bahamas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, based in Chicago, assumed all ...

An aerial photo from the north end by the Sandbar Restaurant looking south Jan. 6 shows another cold front moving in. Even ...

Over the weekend of Jan. 3-5, residents, neighbors and friends of the Pines Trailer Park were shocked by an announcement from ...

The Florida Legislature directed OPPAGA to analyze the potential benefits of consolidating local government services for the three ...

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 nagging red tide outbreak that has plagued Southwest Florida for months flared up again over the weekend. Dead fish and the accompanying smell as well as respiratory complaints were persistent ...

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations of ...

Vegetative debris that was picked up from homes and businesses in Holmes Beach after a hit two hurricanes — Helene on Sept.