The city of Anna Maria’s annual Holiday Walk along Pine Avenue is back. And businesses along the roadway are ready for the ...

Early December presents excellent fishing opportunities inshore, nearshore - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria ...

A long-running effort to protect one of Tampa Bay’s most ecologically sensitive island systems has reached a new turning ...

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Soccer champs crowned, basketball finals approach, more - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

A West Manatee Fire Rescue marine rescue crew evacuated a person suffering a stroke Nov. 18 from Margaritaville at Sea’s ...

A water rescue landed Sgt. Brett Getman one of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office’s highest annual awards. Sheriff Rick ...

The crowd is beginning to arrive on the Center of Anna Maria Island sports field around 11 a.m. Dec. 6 where a dozen or so bounce houses, slides and games await, as well as a pony ride, a corral of ...

Rhys Gagne, 4, shows off his new airbrushed dragon tattoo, while artist Karen Force of Aloha Party Experts of Sarasota performs her artistry during Holmes Beach’s 75th anniversary celebration Dec. 5 ...

Manatee County has kicked off its next big utility project on Anna Maria Island: a new subaqueous water main. Loxahatchee-based DBE Management began work the week beginning Dec. 1 on a new underwater ...