The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...

State Rep. Ron Reagan, an insurance agent who represents clients from an office in eastern Manatee County, says that legislators are "political animals" who will look for solutions to the state ...

County officials are concerned about the width of Coquina Beach, where sand has eroded to expose rocks and jetties. islander Photo: Lisa Neff A map of the proposed beach renourishment scheduled for ...

Cobia are starting to make their fall migration right now, with reports of three or four catches being caught this week. Inshore action for snook and redfish remains great, with limit-catches of reds ...

Uneven bricks in the patio at the Anna Maria Island Butterfly Garden became a concern at Holmes Beach City Hall and for the caretakers of the garden, the members of the local North American Butterfly ...

Understating the obvious for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials at its March 21 meeting held a discussion on traffic problems confronting the four ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

Complete with five splendid homes, boutique, quilt raffle, and two shuttle buses to ease parking, the 13th annual Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18. The ...

Avid players of pickleball at the Anna Maria Island Community Center gather at the net after a recent session. Pictured are, left to right, Elizabeth Fahringer, Barbara Smith, Mark Deur, Marge ...

A host of projects on Anna Maria Island could receive funding through the federal stimulus windfall. President Barack Obama has approved the Congressional stimulus package of $787 billion. Exactly how ...

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 ...

The St. Joe Company — owners of the SevenShores condominium project on Perico Island — announced last week they would lay off about 80 percent of its workforce due to a stalled housing market in ...