City attorney deposed for Sunshine lawsuit
BRADENTON – Attorney Thomas Shults spent six hours deposing City Attorney Ricinda Perry under oath.
Perry’s videotaped deposition took place Wednesday, March 20 at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton. The deposition was part of the ongoing pre-trial discovery process in the Sunshine Law...
Commission rejects Sunshine lawsuit counteroffer
BRADENTON BEACH – Bradenton Beach commissioners have rejected the settlement counteroffer proposed by the six defendants in the 2017 Sunshine Law lawsuit.
The defendants had...
Nina and Pinta off Anna Maria
Two 15th-century wooden sailing ship replicas passed Anna Maria Island today in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Nina and the Pinta left Regatta Pointe Marina...
Community News
Sunshine filings continue
BRADENTON BEACH – Several court filings have been made recently regarding the Sunshine Law lawsuit filed against six former city advisory board members.
On Friday,...
WMFR chooses a new chief
BRADENTON – When Chief Tom Sousa retires from the district in October, West Manatee Fire Rescue will have a new chief in Battalion Chief...
Entertainment
AMI Garden Club goes Hollywood
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Garden Club pulled out all of its members’ showstopper designs for this year’s flower show. The show...
Museum spotlights Coast Guard
CORTEZ – Members of the crew of Coast Guard Station Cortez gave Florida Maritime Museum visitors an overview last week of the history and...
Clydesdales visit the Island
Budweiser Brewery's signature advertising logo - a bright red wagon with brass accessories pulled by a team of husky Clydesdale horses - visited Anna...
Outdoors
Reel Time: Clear water hides looming problem
The red tide is gone! I don’t know anybody that isn’t elated that the most recent harmful algae bloom is absent from local waters....
Reel Time: Innovators – Architects of modern saltwater fly tackle, part...
Many of us take the tackle we fish with for granted, but it wasn’t long ago that anglers didn’t have the choices we have...
Photo galleries | Preserves
Business
County collecting tourist tax from most Airbnb owners
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Manatee County Tax Collector told concerned county commissioners last week that vacation rental owners using Airbnb to rent their...
Local gym Fit Crew to partner with Reveal Vitality
BRADENTON – Fit Crew Bradenton and Reveal Vitality are forming a partnership which will allow the businesses to offer the next level of health...
Sports
Hashmark Sports defeats veteran Ugly Grouper squad
The Center of Anna Maria Island field was the venue for the adult flag football quarterfinal playoff games Thursday night. In the crisp spring...
Freckled Fin takes the win in three games over ACE Hardware
With the close of youth flag football, all of the focus is on adult flag football and adult volleyball. The hardcourt saw week five...
Opinion
No winners in noise battle
There are many sides, but no winners in the battle over residential noise on Anna Maria Island. On one side are full-time residents who...
Photo galleries | Sealife
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SUN videos
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
