The Anna Maria Island Sun has earned 17 awards in the Florida Press Club’s 66th Excellence in Journalism Competition, including five first place trophies...
Anna Maria City Commission
Carol Carter
Doug Copeland
Dale Woodland
Bradenton Beach City Commission
Ralph Cole
Bradenton Beach mayor
John Chappie
Bradenton Beach amendments
Charter Amendment 1, eliminates wards in city elections: No
Charter...
In 1969, famed New York columnist Jimmy Breslin wrote a novel called “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.” In 2017, Breslin’s catch-phrase could be...
Mass shootings, hurricanes, national anthem protests, divisive national politics, further attacks on home rule rights by the state Legislature, noisy neighbors, traffic jams, local...