To be more precise, the Velda Farms dairy delivery truck driver did it. Early Monday morning the dairy driver headed down the alley, actually Mango Lane, behind the Island Shopping Center at Gulf and ...

A Holmes Beach man and a Bradenton woman were arrested June 11 in connection with numerous home burglaries. Some property was recovered, but most already had been pawned by the couple to “fuel their ...

Cortez Trailer Park residents and citizens concerned about a possible sale packed the regular monthly meeting of the Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, where the residents of Cortez lent a ...

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 ...

This "incinerated" boat caught fire early Sunday morning in the Sunrise boat basin in Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Courtesy WMFR The wood on the new finger docks in the Sunrise Basin in Holmes Beach ...

The Anna Maria Island Bridge will undergo a major rehabilitation project starting next year, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. islander Photo: Rick Catlin When Islanders won the ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

As Marie Franklin looks on, John Cagnina throws out the first pitch at the newly rededicated Scanio-Hutchinson Memorial Field May 3 at the Anna Maria Island Community Center. Marie Franklin touches ...

Beachgoers on the northern part of Anna Maria Island last week were treated with a barrage of seaweed that washed ashore, creating an unpleasant smell and souring the look of the beach. islander Photo ...

Vacation plus fishing equals fun, fun, fun Tom Sujecki and son Joseph went fishing with charter Capt. Josh Peurifoy while on vacation on Anna Maria Island and caught grouper and mackerel, but "best of ...

The St. Joe Company, formerly known as Arvida Corp., owners of the Perico Harbor Marina on Manatee Avenue West, submitted plans Monday to the Bradenton Planning Commission for a commercial development ...

An 800-pound gorilla has appeared on Sarasota’s beaches, kicking butts, and although the behemoth isn’t lumbering toward Anna Maria Island just yet, the threat still looms for our shores. Sarasota ...