An Internet Web blogger on OurAnnaMaria.blogspot has alleged that Anna Maria city planner Alan Garrett works for Pine Avenue Restoration LLC, then bills his time to the city for another payment. The ...

Old-timers in Anna Maria will say that the city has had a parking problem ever since the bridge to Anna Maria opened in 1924 and motorists who drove to the city couldn’t find a parking space. Not much ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Holmes Beach resident Rebecca Brodeur embraces her dog, Moka, after West Manatee Fire Rescue firefighter Greg Wigeri Van Edema freed the dachshund from a storm drain March 19. islander Photo: Lisa ...

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 ...

A clowder of seaworthy cats are ready to find new homes. Manatee County Animal Welfare and the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit ...

The first step in reopening the Anna Maria City Pier is to demolish the remainder of its destroyed walkway. And there might be quite a few contractors ...