A reputed Phoenix gang member was arrested last week in Anna Maria by Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Matt Kiernan of the MCSO-AM substation for three warrants out of Arizona after a routine traffic stop led to discovery of the warrants. MCSO Sgt. Dave Turner, who heads the substation, said Juan ...

Hawkins Construction Co. has begun installation of new sewer pipes in Anna Maria on North Shore Drive at Cypress Avenue. A Manatee County Utilities Department press release said the work is not expected to impact traffic in the project area, which is between Cypress and Palm avenues on North Shore Drive. The ...

A Los Angeles County judge has ordered former Holmes Beach resident David Viens, 48, to stand trial for second degree murder after hearing testimony in a preliminary hearing April 11 in which several witnesses said Viens admitted to them he killed his wife, Dawn Viens. Viens, 48, a former Holmes Beach ...

Wednesday, April 18    • 6-8:30 p.m. — Second Annual Art Island Style, Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Fee applies. Information: 941-778-1908.   Thursday, April 19    • 2-4 p.m. — Friends of the Library knit and crochet gathering, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 941-792-4652. • ...

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Springtime fishing inshore, on beaches red hot   Inshore fishing — and the weather — remains consistently good for the waters surrounding Anna Maria Island. Numerous spotted seatrout are being reported by flats fishers using either live bait or artificials. Fishing lush grass flats with good water flow is producing trout up ...

Anna Maria • April 7, 300 block of Palm Avenue, burglary/vandalism. According to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, an unknown person entered a duplex under construction. The suspect defecated and stuffed a hand towel in the toilet, causing it to overflow. Water damage occurred to several walls. • April 7, ...

Cheryl L. (Rankin) Dwinnells Cheryl L. (Rankin) Dwinnells, 45, of Bradenton died April 10. She moved to Holmes Beach with her family at age 4 from Toledo, Ohio. She attended Anna Maria Elementary School and graduated from Bayshore High School in 1984. She studied at Manatee Community College. She was a bartender ...

107 Elm Ave., Anna Maria, a vacant Gulffront 50x110 lot was sold 03/30/12, Hanson to Hanson for $2.4 million. 307 66th St., Unit A, 66th Street Coastal Cottages, Holmes Beach, a 3,000 sfla / 4,500 sfur 6bed/4½bath/2car land condo built in 2012 was sold 03/19/12, 66th Street Coastal Cottages LLC to ...

Luke Bowes, a kindergartener in Melanie Moran's class at Anna Maria Elementary School welcomes brother Mikey Bowes to school, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, April 12, for Kindergarten Roundup. Mikey registered to enter kindergarten in the fall. Dad Nathan Bowes, on hand at the roundup, also attended AME as a youngster.