Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short emailed The Islander Aug. 1, saying he’d had “sort of a slow week this week in terms of ...

Yes, we have news. There are triumphs, challenges, tragedies, tales that swell our hearts, and we’ve also shared devastation ...

Bradenton Beach’s Drift-In AMI is preparing for a milestone this fall — a 100-year anniversary celebration — and thanks to a ...

Bill Shafer of Anna Maria wins the fourth week of the Top Notch contest with this image, taken Sept. 16, 2024, at the Rod & ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Palmetto resident Gabriel Pena-Mejia, 28, on July 23 on a third-degree felony charge for possession of a counterfeit license plate. Pena-Mejia also was charged with two ...

Residents near the Palma Sola Causeway are asking the Bradenton City Council for action to address nuisances on the stretch of beach on Manatee Avenue ...

The Tour de Turtles featuring AMI swimmer Winnie the loggerhead is underway. The Sea Turtle Conservancy’s annual migration ...

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Joe DiClemente and Michel Trotter along with other residents of the Martinique South condominiums in Holmes Beach help a motorist who drove off the road into soft sand at the terminus of 52nd Street ...

A hearing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Pines Trailer Park homeowners association against the park owner was pushed to ...

Solid Rock Construction outlasted Slim’s Place 34-33 in a back-and-forth game that left all in attendance in awe. Trailing 33 ...

The 2025-26 academic year is about to begin in Manatee County and this year will bring the Bigs with Badges program to ...