The city of Anna Maria’s largest annual spending plan is in the books. City commissioners unanimously voted Sept. 25 on ...

Enforcement takes precedence. Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short’s veto of an emergency ordinance will stand. City commissioners ...

It’s the pause before the claws, as Cortez prepares for stone crab season. Karen Bell, owner of A.P. Bell Fish Co. and ...

The devastating 2024 hurricane season has had a lingering impact. Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce president Terri ...

Work to restore pedestrian access to the Anna Maria City Pier soon could be underway. City commissioners planned to select a ...

Members played a scramble Sept. 25 to close out the week’s golf action. The team of Jim Hill, Bill Shuman, Quentin Talbert ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short shared in an email to The Islander Sept. 23 his experience when Hurricane Helene sent storm surge and delivered widespread ...

Last week’s question Where are you one year after Hurricane Helene? Fully recovered. 28% Nearly recovered. 19% Still working to get back. 27% Lost too ...

Holmes Beach police arrested Ryan Knuckles, 38, of Bradenton, Sept. 19 on two second-degree misdemeanor charges for allegedly driving under the influence ...

Anna Maria Island’s biggest city has locked in a smaller budget for the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. City commissioners unanimously voted Sept.

Efforts to consolidate services on Anna Maria Island haven’t amounted to much. But Holmes Beach has found other ways to cut costs for property owners. In ...

Carter Thomas Layne,19, of Palmetto was sentenced Sept. 24 to 20 years in state prison for fatally shooting 16-year-old Jann ...