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 ...

The trial of two men accused of the April 2008 home invasion and beating of former Anna Maria Commissioner Linda Cramer has been postponed until Feb. 22, the sixth time the court date has been ...

After one of the nicest springs in memory, summer emphatically has arrived. Daily temperatures of 92 degrees or higher, including a record-tying 95 last Wednesday, are now the norm. Thankfully, we’ve ...

Anna Maria Mayor Fran Barford gave city commissioners bad news at their July 16 work session for the 2009-10 budget. “The ad valorem numbers are down for the third straight year and, this year, the ...

The latest figures are in on changes to the Historic Bradenton Beach City Pier, and costs are now pegged at $1,873,536. The pier work entails building a restaurant on the pier at the east end of ...

Anna Maria Mayor Fran Barford told city commissioners at their Jan. 24 meeting that she has talked to the Manatee County Area Transit about extending the route of the Island trolley to include North ...

After being free of any resident convicted sex offenders for the past eight months, Holmes Beach now has a convicted sex offender living within the city. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement ...

Mike Miller shows Bev and Chuck Liddle some native plants from Accent Trees & Nursery during the Eco Expo March 21 in Bradenton Beach. islander Photos: Lisa Neff Bradenton Beach’s call for greener ...

Full members of the Moose’s Anna Maria Island Lodge No. 2188 voted Jan. 16 to ban smoking. The vote was 165 to ban smoking, 52 to continue to allow smoking, according to Patrick Kane, governor of the ...

Terrence Hobbs is one of 694 owners at the Perico Bay Club condominiums facing a significant increase in insurance premiums due to the community's location on an island west of the mainland. islander ...

Barry Gould displays an artist's rendition of a proposed performing arts pavilion at Coquina Beach that would be funded primarily from private sources. islander Photo: Bonner Joy Founders and "friends ...

Most of the more than 700 trees planted this past year along the Palma Sola Causeway are doing well, but some have died for various reasons. The causeway project, which involves a number of ...