Island Players celebrate 70 years of entertainment
ANNA MARIA – A piece of Island history is celebrating its roots and looking to its future and its 70th season.
The Island Players spurred on by entertainment-hungry tourists and locals, took over a historic home, converted it into a theater and began the business...
Red tide continues to increase
Red tide increased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the week ending Sept. 14, according to the latest report from the Florida Fish...
County approves $500,000 more for red tide beach cleanup
BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners unanimously voted on Sept. 11 to take another $500,000 from tourist tax funds and use it to remove dead...
Community News
Mayoral candidates speak out
HOLMES BEACH – Mayoral candidates Joshua Linney and Judy Titsworth are ready for the November election. The two took to the dais at city...
Commission candidates speak out on the issues
HOLMES BEACH – It’s getting closer to November and the day when residents will go out to the polls to cast their vote for...
Entertainment
Symphony on the Sand preparations underway
BRADENTON BEACH – Tickets are on sale for the Sixth Annual Symphony on the Sand concert and gourmet food event at Coquina Beach on...
Business
Honesty is the best policy – especially in real estate
Good old Benjamin Franklin had it right well over 200 years ago – when you’re dealing with people the best course of action is...
Red tide assistance available for businesses
Loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network are available to businesses whose customers are staying...
Outdoors
Local captains support catch-and-release order
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Local charter fishing captains support the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) executive order that temporarily imposes catch-and-release restrictions...
Nesting News
Turtle nests laid: 531 (all-time AMI record)
False crawls: 545
Nests hatched: 400
Not hatched: 61
Nests remaining: 70
Hatchlings hatched: 32,143 (all-time AMI record)
Nest disorientations: 43
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Turtles released...
Sports
After the rain, four remain
The daily rains got the best of the island pitch for the originally scheduled first-round adult co-ed soccer playoff games. A week later, after...
Center fans rock the lanes at bowling tournament
BRADENTON – More than 300 bowlers took to the lanes Sept. 8 in a bowling tournament that was more about comradery than competition.
Bowlers filled...
Opinion
The Russians are coming
Remember that movie where the Russians overrun a little beach community?
Well, it happened last week.
It’s hard to believe that a weekly newspaper in paradise...
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Olympic mullet jumping
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