At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

Complete with five splendid homes, boutique, quilt raffle, and two shuttle buses to ease parking, the 13th annual Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18. The ...

One island has the Gulf to the west and Anna Maria Sound to the east. One island has the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Irish Sea to the east. Both Islands will see St. Patrick’s Day celebrations ...

The nagging red tide outbreak that has plagued Southwest Florida for months flared up again over the weekend. Dead fish and the accompanying smell as well as respiratory complaints were persistent ...

Toni Lyon of Holmes Beach caught this 130-plus tarpon while fishing on vacation in Costa Rica in May. Little man, big fish Zack Guerin, 12, of Anna Maria, hooked up tarpon Memorial Day weekend while ...

Prospective Bradenton Beach City Pier restaurateurs have until Dec. 13 to produce a business plan to operate the facility. City commissioners last week agreed to accept requests for proposals to ...

Visitors to Anna Maria Island arriving this week without a reservation may have to scramble to find lodging. Only a few Island accommodation owners and managers surveyed last week reported any ...

The Florida Department of Transportation last week in a letter to the Manatee County Commission stood by an earlier claim (The islander, May 9) that there is no need to reduce the speed limit on the ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

After suffering through the cancellations brought by four hurricane strikes in Florida during August and September, Island accommodations and restaurants are gradually reporting a return of ...

Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

This "incinerated" boat caught fire early Sunday morning in the Sunrise boat basin in Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Courtesy WMFR The wood on the new finger docks in the Sunrise Basin in Holmes Beach ...