New ‘safer’ practices launch with 2020 sea turtle season
Sea turtle nesting season has begun on Anna Maria Island. Two nests, both in Holmes Beach, were documented as of […]
Hurdle goes back to school, embraces new family life
By Jerry Dipaola Special to The Islander Reprinted with permission from Trib Total Media He rises every morning around 6:30, […]
Anna Maria pier inches toward completion
Contractors are close to finishing the new 800-plus-foot-long Anna Maria City Pier that reaches out over Tampa Bay with a […]
Bradenton man critical after hit-and-run on AMI Bridge
A 61-year-old Bradenton man remained in critical condition May 1 after he was struck April 27 by a vehicle headed […]
Eyes on the road 05-06-2020
The Florida Department of Transportation and Manatee County posted the following notices: State Road 684/Cortez Road at the Cortez Bridge: […]
Obituaries – 05-06-2020
Caryl L. Clark-Scifres Caryl L. Clark-Scifres, 73, of Springstead, Wisconsin, died April 23. She was a special person to all […]
Island sports on hold, will Bucs play 2020 season?
As we turned the corner into May, Covid-19 cases continued to climb in Manatee County. It seemed likely that youth […]
Island real estate transactions – 05-06-2020
2600 Gulf Drive, Unit 49, Anna Maria Island Club, Bradenton Beach, a 1,453 sfla 2bed/2bath Gulfview condo with shared pool […]
Streetlife – 05-06-2020
Anna Maria April 27, 400 block of Magnolia Avenue, noise. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office dispatched a deputy at about […]