Bradenton Beach city clerk Nora Idso remains on medical leave at city hall. She is recovering from surgery she underwent earlier this month. Earlier this year, Idso suffered what appeared to be a ...

Plans are moving forward for permits, funds and a schedule for the repair and renovation of the Bradenton Beach City Pier, with the reopening of the defunct restaurant still planned for June 2007.

Helen Romeike-Wisniewski's one-woman show, "Into and Out of the Maze," opens at Anna Maria Island Art League on Feb. 8. The show will feature this painting. islander Photo: Joyce Karp “I have the ...

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 ...

Pythons edged out sea-level rise on the threat-assessment level by one noted environmental scientist. Meg Lowman is director of environmental initiatives and a professor of biology at New College in ...

Greg Oberhofer, the owner of Quality Builders of Holmes Beach Inc., 5500-A Marina Drive, has been arrested on a charge of misappropriation of construction funds, a second-degree felony. Oberhofer was ...

State law is changing. And the city of Holmes Beach is trying to keep up. Chad Minor, the city’s director of development, presented planning commissioners ...

The 16th Annual Carl Balck GMC Sarasota Blues Fest will be at the Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Oct. 28. Headlining the show is Gregg Allman, who has roots to Anna Maria Island, as well ...

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 ...

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Russell Schnering, a former marine and the supervisor of mCSO’s marine unit, steers a boat Oct. 9 into the water from the Coquina Beach South Boat ramp. Schnering ...

Bradenton Beach is courting new legal counsel. City commissioners on Oct. 7 interviewed attorneys Erica Augello and Robert ...

Drift-In AMI owners Derek and Helena Williams stand with a statue of baseball legend Babe Ruth — a onetime owner of the ...