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December 23, 2025
By Cindy Lane
December 16, 2025
By Cindy Lane

No vacancy at Bethlehem Walk

The Virgin Mary and Joseph’s search for lodging on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem was re-enacted in Anna Maria on Sunday evening, with Roser Church members, residents, visitors and a menagerie of farm an…
December 9, 2025
By Cindy Lane

Insider’s Island – The insider’s guide to outdoors AMI

There’s more to outdoors life on Anna Maria Island than you think. From kayaking mangrove tunnels to diving a historic wreck to finding your perfect beach, here is a guide that will turn you into an…
December 2, 2025
By Cindy Lane
November 25, 2025
By Cindy Lane

Help protect our waters on Giving Tuesday

Suncoast Waterkeeper is calling all residents to stand up for clean water. In just two weeks, communities everywhere will unite for Giving Tuesday, a day built on gratitude, generosity and collective…
October 21, 2025
By Cindy Lane
Finally, baseball

Local baseball history inspires new book

With the first game of the World Series beginning on Friday, it’s the perfect time to swing by a coastal baseball-themed neighborhood in Anna Maria and pay homage to Anna Maria Island’s baseball past…
June 29, 2025
By Cindy Lane

Bird tips

During bird nesting season, February to September, please follow these tips: Never touch a shorebird chick, even if it’s wandering outside a staked nesting area. Teach kids not to chase birds –…
May 20, 2025
By Cindy Lane
So long, farewell

Coast Lines: So long, farewell

Memorial Day marks exactly eight months since Hurricane Helene flooded Anna Maria Island. Many friends have left the Island since then, and it was not anyone’s first choice, nor did any leave on the…
January 31, 2025
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: A Gulf by any other name

President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” is more than historically inaccurate, it is unnecessarily confusing and will no doubt cost taxpayers million…
July 19, 2024
By Cindy Lane
June 19, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Manatee gallery

Manatees, or sea cows – actually relatives of the elephant – frequent waters around Anna Maria Island. They are a federally threatened species.
March 20, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Surf shop celebrates 60

Surf shop celebrates 60

HOLMES BEACH – Jim Brady’s West Coast Surf Shop is in third place at age 60, with two other Anna Maria Island businesses having been here longer – Irene’s Resort Wear (1956) and Duffy’s Tavern, Bar a…
February 20, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Cortez founded on mullet

Cortez founded on mullet

CORTEZ – A visit by Dr. Angela Collins to the Cortez Cultural Center furthered the organization’s mission to “preserve the past and protect the future.” The University of Florida Sea Grant marine ex…
January 24, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Underwater Anna Maria Island gallery

Hold your breath and take a tour of the limestone reefs in Anna Maria Island waters; it may not be coral, but it’s home!
January 24, 2024
By Cindy Lane

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