AME fourth-grader Ryann Price enjoys time with her older brother at the traditional Father-Daughter Dance, honoring the men in the lives of AME students. Islander Photo: Nick Leduc Fathers and men important in the lives of Anna Maria Elementary students mingle while the girls take the dance floor Feb. 12 at ...

AME fourth-grader Ryann Price enjoys time with her older brother at the traditional Father-Daughter Dance, honoring the men in the lives of AME students. Islander Photo: Nick Leduc. Click Here for more pics

ITEMS FOR SALE FILE CABINET: FOUR-drawer, $25. 941-778-4793. NEW WINDOW: VINYL, single-hung, opaque, 24x36-inch. Rating H-R60, $100. 908-914-1182. WINDSHIELD COVER AND four tire covers for class C motor home, new, $70. 941-932-5595. ANNA MARIA ISLAND pine needle baskets with shell centers, priced from $20-$40. Call 941-778-8330. SIX-PIECE CRYSTAL salad bowl set, $25, large wool blanket with ...

Winter anglers should target sheepshead, black drum   Sheepshead are beginning to make a good showing around docks, rocks and reefs in the surrounding waters of Anna Maria Island. These fish are still pre-spawn, so expect to catch a lot of small males as well as some oversized females. From my experience in ...

4804 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, a 2,175 sfla / 2,990 sfur 6bed/4½bath/2car pool home built in 2012 on a 50x90 lot was sold 01/18/13, 4804 Gulf LLC to Golino for $700,000; list $749,000. 208 67th St., Holmes Beach, a 1,443 sfla / 1,503 sfur 3bed/2bath pool home built in 1959 on ...

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Today is Ash Wednesday. 11:30 a.m. — Off Stage Ladies of the Island Players meeting, BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Fee applies. Information: 941-799-2181.         2 p.m. — Friends of the Island Library lecture and travel series presents mystery novelist H. Terrell Griffin, Island Library, 5701 Marina ...

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Fleta (Beisner) Boyd Fleta (Beisner) Boyd, formerly of Holmes Beach and Bradenton, died Jan. 18 in Rhode Island. She was born Oct. 16, 1928, in Willisville, Ill. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in music education and taught piano for many years on Anna Maria Island. Later she ...

Island NFL league plays on, KRC championship pared to 2   It was another great week for Anna Maria Island Community Center NFL Flag Football. LPAC Cardinals continues to lead the 8-10 division after rolling past previously undefeated Coastal Orthopedic Bears by a 47-12 score. Coastal remains in second place with a ...

Jeff Fabb, of Animal Planet shows participants at the Python Challenge the power of a 15-foot Burmese python and why hunters should use caution during the first-ever Everglades python hunt. Islander Photo: Michael Jaworski