Auction to benefit Turtle Watch
HOLMES BEACH – Enjoy live music, live and silent auctions and good food at the Second Annual Turtle Watch Wednesday on Sept. 25 from 4-6 p.m. at Hurricane Hanks, 5346 Gulf Drive.
A Paradise Realty and Vacation Rentals are teaming up with Hurricane Hanks again...
Benac accepts plea deal in shark dragging case
Updated Sept. 12, 2019 | TAMPA – Robert “Bo” Benac, 30, of Sarasota, agreed to a plea deal this afternoon while appearing before Judge...
Barge strikes new Anna Maria City Pier
ANNA MARIA – An i+iconSoutheast construction barge struck and damaged the new Anna Maria City Pier this afternoon.
Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy said the...
Community News
U.S. House opposes oil drilling
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills banning oil drilling off the Gulf Coast of Florida and in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans...
TDC members consider Mote funding request
MANATEE COUNTY – Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s leadership is hoping for some funds from the Manatee County Tourist Development Council but TDC members...
Entertainment
All-female cast performs ‘Steel Magnolias’
The Island Players version of “Steel Magnolias,” by Robert Harling, has an all-female cast, unlike the 1989 movie where Tom Skerrit tried to shoo...
Outdoors
Reel Time: Spain – Madrid and Toledo
Spain was never on my list of places to travel. When looking for a new destination to explore, Chris and I settled on Portugal...
Nesting News
Turtle nests laid: 539 (beating the 2018 record of 534!)
False crawls: 573
Nests hatched: 354
Hatchlings hatched: 23,841 (2018 record: 35,788)
Nest disorientations: 52
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Business
Luxury ain’t what it used to be
Did you ever feel sorry for the really wealthy real estate owners? Well, we’re at a point in time when there might be just...
The fun and not-so-fun of selling a home
Last week we talked about the fun and not-so-much fun of buying a home. This week we’ll talk a little about selling your home,...
Sports
Adult sports head into the playoffs at The Center
As the second week of September comes and goes, the adult athletes at The Center of Anna Maria Island take the competitive action to...
Bowlers escape the heat as they support The Center
This year’s LaPensee Plumbing, Pools & Air bowling tournament at Bowlero was the most successful to date, according to The Center’s Director Chris Culhane.
Culhane...
Opinion
Letters: Horses on the causeway
I appreciate your article in the Anna Maria Island Sun dealing with potential health concerns of horse fecal matter on the Palma Sola Causeway....
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2019 Florida Press Association awards
General Excellence; First Amendment Defense; Online Breaking News; Environmental Reporting; Outdoors Reporting; Editorial Cartoon 
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SUN videos
Anna Maria Island SUNset
00:20
An AMI Fourth of July
00:38
Sea turtle Bortie II tagged, released
00:45
Mini reefs at Mar Vista
00:27
De Soto National Memorial kayak tour
01:07
St. Patrick's Day Parade 2019
06:28
Spring Break on Anna Maria Island
01:03
Grassy Point Preserve
01:00
A Day at the Beach
06:49
Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival 2019
02:07
Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
01:45
Shamrock Shiver 2019
02:17
Anna Maria Island Christmas parade
01:17
Mangrove butterfly
00:47
Trunk or Treat
00:42
Have you seen this man? Call Holmes Beach police at 941-708-5804.
00:25
Longboat coyote
00:51
Holmes Beach mayoral forum
33:32
Keep the Gulf clean
00:21
Bye Bortie
00:54
More whale sharks spotted
00:46
Didgeridoo concert at Holmes Beach library
01:01
Green sea turtle release
00:55
Sandpiper sunset
01:23
Plane creates buzz over AMI
00:52
Olympic mullet jumping
01:08
Palm frond weaving
01:20
Royal tern rejection
00:27
Mullet roundup off Anna Maria Island
00:41
Turtle hatchling release
00:42
Eternal Summer Surf Camp
00:06
Pelicans feeding
00:21
Cortez stone crab trap making
01:31
TOM VETERANS DAY
02:58
Cortez docks
00:36
