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 ...

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 ...

The sixth annual Suzi Fox Turtle Watch Wednesday will bring together residents and visitors for an evening of conservation ...

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

The Anna Maria Post Office is back in action. Interim postmaster Kristen Gray told The Islander Oct. 7 that the office’s 101B ...

October, the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage was hurrying to put the finishing touches on grant-funded ...

A future ferry landing in Anna Maria may be coming into focus. Mayor Mark Short reported his recent conversations with ...

The ownership of the Luana Isles canals and yacht basin in Anna Maria will be determined in court. City attorney Becky Vose ...

The recreational and commercial stone crab harvest season starts Oct. 15 and will remain open through May 1, closing May 2.

Onlookers gather Oct. 8 outside Island Grub Restaurant as a 1920 cottage that had been at 106 Willow Ave. rolls along on Pine ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the week ending Oct. 12 reported the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations ...