Sun staff wins seven state awards
ST. PETERSBURG – Anna Maria Island Sun staffers earned seven awards in the 2018-19 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest at the 2019 Florida Media Conference on July 12.
Awards include general excellence, online breaking news and defense of the First Amendment.
First place in the...
First hatchlings of season disoriented on Fourth
HOLMES BEACH – Sea turtle hatchlings whose dash to freedom on Independence Day was spoiled by lights got a police escort to the Gulf...
Blue-green algae warning signs coming
BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Health plans to post caution signs at the boat ramp on the Braden River at State Road 64...
Community News
Sunshine trial gets underway
BRADENTON – The Sunshine Law lawsuit involving the city of Bradenton Beach and six former city advisory board members is underway.
The civil trial began...
Metz deposed in Sunshine lawsuit
BRADENTON – Former Planning and Zoning Board member and Sunshine Law lawsuit defendant John Metz has been deposed, but his computer may be subjected...
Entertainment
Breanne crowned karaoke champ
BRADENTON – Cortez Kitchen employee and Bradenton resident Shannon Breanne recently won the Suncoast Entertainment Karaoke Contest.
The seven-week contest took place at the Joyland...
Outdoors
Where’s Bortie Too?
HOLMES BEACH - Bortie Too has laid her second nest on Anna Maria Island at 66th Street, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird...
Reel Time: Waterkeeper Alliance holding polluters accountable
The Waterkeeper Alliance is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit that is exclusively focused on clean water. The Alliance works to preserve and protect...
Photo galleries | Preserves
Business
Are you as smart as a private equity firm?
The phrase, “follow the money,” goes back to the Watergate era as a method to shed light on corrupt activities by looking at money...
Tourist tax collections 2019
Here's a look at tourist tax collections in Anna Maria Island's three cities. Numbers reflect the approximate change from the same month in the...
Sports
Youth indoor soccer teams battle at The Center
Getting out of the heat of the summer, The Center’s gym is filled with soccer enthusiasts to play and watch indoor soccer Island style....
Hayward Cup champions crowned
The spring 2019 adult co-ed soccer season came to a close last Thursday night June 27 with three spectator-pleasing games. With the inevitable back-to-back...
Opinion
Ahead of the curve
Another school year has come and gone with no harmful incidents to students or staff at Anna Maria Elementary School (AME).
In this day and...
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SUN videos
AMI Fourth of July
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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
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