Some veteran Island political observers might find it hard to believe, but the Anna Maria City Commission May 10 unanimously agreed on one issue regarding the Sandbar Restaurant. The restaurant needs ...

The Marie Selby Foundation of Sarasota has again come to the rescue of historic preservation in Cortez. The $62,000 grant to put a face on the historic Burton store in Cortez follows a previous grant ...

Holmes Beach Mayor Rich Bohnenberger said he was shocked to learn Sunday night that building official Bill Saunders had died. I knew he was struggling, but I didn’t expect to lose him so quickly, ...

In the past two years, the Palma Sola Causeway has received two sand nourishments, the first such improvements since the causeway was created in the 1950s. On Dec. 14, 8 tons of beach-compatible sand ...

A 10-year-old Oregon boy visiting the Island with his parents was taken to Blake Medical Center Tuesday after he apparently ran into the road and into a moving car in Bradenton Beach while crossing ...

Anna Maria city commissioners set to hear the final reading of an ordinance at their Nov. 18 meeting limiting the height of new development along Pine Avenue in the residential-office-retail district ...

Ham Jones is closing his Seafood Shack for two or three weeks but that doesn't mean he's selling the Cortez landmark restaurant, he said Tuesday. A persistent rumor surfaced again this week among his ...

Thundershowers dumped more than 5 inches of rain on Anna Maria Island on July 1, flooding many roads, including some locations on Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach and Anna Maria. islander ...

A new word has apparently been added to the meteorological lexicon: modiki. It’s a variant of El Niño and La Niña, but located a few hundred miles to the west of the other weather phenomena in the ...

The kingfish run is starting, and based on early reports, it should be a good one. Grouper fishing offshore is excellent as well, with the fish starting to move closer to shore as the water cools.

The mullet are running and castnetters are cashing in, though nothing like they hope to do as the season goes on. With an unusually early start, the big run of the fish will end in early January, ...

John Agnelli Construction failed to secure from the Holmes Beach City Commission a super-majority vote needed to approve his application for a special exception at 6000 Marina Drive, according to the ...