Ham Jones is closing his Seafood Shack for two or three weeks but that doesn't mean he's selling the Cortez landmark restaurant, he said Tuesday. A persistent rumor surfaced again this week among his ...

The mullet are running and castnetters are cashing in, though nothing like they hope to do as the season goes on. With an unusually early start, the big run of the fish will end in early January, ...

“We got our guys,” enthused Sgt. John Kenney of the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office the morning officers arrested two 18-year-olds for a series of area burglaries. Still, emphasized Kenney, supervisor ...

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 ...

While Anna Maria is saving about $50,000 a year by outsourcing its building official position and paying for just part-time help, it’s not really getting the maximum level of service, current building ...

Boat and business owners at the Perico Harbor Marina have been given notice to vacate the premises as the present structure will be torn down as part of the Seven Shores condominium development.

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

Mark Pelham is comforted by mother Sheleagh after he escaped from a burning apartment in Holmes Beach last week. Insert: The northside apartment of an elevated duplex in Holmes Beach caught fire ...

There will be a public meeting in Cortez to air the whole proposal for the Bradenton Boat Club's contemplated 330-boat storage building. The problem is, the project is in such early stages that nobody ...

Lois Huntington with the flag she designed for Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch's section 6. AMITW is holding a flag-design contest. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch walkers are trying their hand at ...

The waders that Mark Kevin Harmon and Brian Bryant of Cincinnati purchased for their vacation on Anna Mara Island proved a worthwhile investment. Looking for shells, Harmon waded about 200 feet into ...

Twenty years ago my wife and I came to Anna Maria to spend the winter. We are still here. In that time the island has changed considerably; but then, I suppose, so have we. Twenty years is apt to ...