Beachgoers on the northern part of Anna Maria Island last week were treated with a barrage of seaweed that washed ashore, creating an unpleasant smell and souring the look of the beach. islander Photo ...

If the planned state/county/federal beach renourishment project on Anna Maria Island slated to begin in 2011-12 is anything like the 2002 project, expect plenty of sparks and verbal exchanges between ...

A group tasked with steering improvements to the Palma Sola Scenic Highway wants to extend the drive to include a stretch of road in Holmes Beach that runs to the Bradenton Beach border. Currently the ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

A pair of right whales made an apparent wrong turn from their usual wintertime haunts offshore from Northeast Florida and made a lap of the Gulf of Mexico. The mother and calf were spotted off Anna ...

A long-standing issue has come back to haunt Bradenton Beach, this time in the form of a criminal contempt of court lawsuit from Pete Milazzo. In an ongoing saga that began in June 2004, Milazzo, of ...

This canalfront home owned by GSR Development LLC at 403 S. Bay Blvd. in Anna Maria has been approved for sale by the federal bankruptcy court in Tampa, but with an April 1 deadline. The minimum ...

Bradenton Beach Police arrested Christine Morgan, 18, of 2200 block Avenue B, after she held what police said was an open house party where up to 40 underage youths were drinking beer. According to ...

No deal, Bradenton Beach commissioners are telling a developer seeking to sell the city waterfront property in the 1400 block of Gulf Drive. Commissioners took about 90 minutes to arrive at that ...

A team of Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies last Thursday raided the now-closed Beach City Market at 1701 Gulf Drive N. in Bradenton Beach and a home in Holmes Beach owned by Beach City ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring announced April 28 that it cordoned off an area in Bradenton Beach ...

Nonconforming property owners in Holmes Beach can take a deep breath. City commissioners unanimously voted April 22 to adopt an ordinance extending the ...