Spring break crowds are back on Anna Maria Island, but they’ve brought little trouble this year. Local authorities told The ...

By Bonner Joy and Robert Anderson The Islander “I’m banished.” John Di Masi of Holmes Beach was seated in the next to last ...

Springtime fishing heats up nicely after ‘last’ cold front - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

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A sharp rise in fuel prices is cutting into Cortez fishers’ earnings and is beginning to ripple through seafood markets and restaurant menus. Fuel prices ...

The Bradenton Beach Police Department arrested Brett Andrew Williams, 59, of Sarasota, March 8 on suspicion of driving under ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Port Charlotte resident Christian Cornell, 45, March 11 on a second-degree misdemeanor for allegedly driving under the ...

Tennis is called “the sport of a lifetime” and Al Cirulli is living proof that it is. The 96-year-old plays tennis regularly ...

A Bradenton man was arrested March 19 after a traffic stop in Bradenton Beach led to the alleged discovery of marijuana, cocaine and more than $4,000 in ...

Construction equipment sits March 19 near the base of the Anna Maria City Pier, where Tampa Bay Marine is rebuilding the pier ...

A pair of third-degree felony charges didn’t stick in the case against William Boswink, 44, of Bradenton, who was arrested in front of his son last ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Nicholas Smith, 38, March 16 on a third-degree felony for alleged cocaine ...