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

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 ...

Spirits are high heading into Easter weekend for four of Anna Maria Island’s churches and their congregations. The resurrection is central to the Christian faith. With the reopening of its chapel ...

It’s been long, tumultuous, often tiring and sometimes informative trail - or trial at times - but the end of the comprehensive planning path for Bradenton Beach is in sight. Work on revisions to the ...

An artist's rendering of what the new Anna Maria Island Community Center exterior will look like was displayed at the September board of directors meeting. islander Photo: Diana Bogan After several ...

Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth weighed in with an email April 4 with news for property owners in the city — a CRS 5 rating ...

The Rod & Reel Pier in Anna Maria remains in ruins but its restaurant soon will be back in business. Oliver “Oli” Lemke, a ...

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 ...

Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry service may be back to square 1 in its search for a port in Holmes Beach. City ...

This building on Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach that has housed the Sterling Anvil since the 1970s and another building around the corner that contains storage spaces and Essence of Time were sold by Earl ...

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 ...

Regular golf action saw the men play their weekly modified-Stableford system match March 31. Kevin Breheny took first place ...