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 until midnight Monday night to accept the city commission’s March 1 settlement offer and did not do so.
On March 12,...
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...
Bill bans plastic straw bans
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee approved a bill today that would prevent local governments from banning plastic straws while the...
Community News
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...
AME super achievers
A team of five Anna Maria Elementary (AME) fifth-graders earned first place in the Manatee County School District’s countywide “Battle of the Books” competition...
Entertainment
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...
BJ Thomas at The Center
BJ Thomas performed at The Center of Anna Maria Island on Thursday night, including his hits, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" from "Butch...
AMI goes green for St. Paddy parade
HOLMES BEACH – If you were green with envy on St. Patrick’s Day, it’s only because you weren’t at the Island’s annual Beach Bistro...
Tour of Homes wows attendees
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The 26th Annual Tour of Homes was so popular that attendees sometimes found themselves waiting for up to 10 minutes...
Outdoors
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...
Reel Time: Innovators – The architects of modern saltwater fly tackle
No two people are more knowledgeable about the origins of modern saltwater fly tackle than Lefty Kreh (passed in 2018) and Flip Pallot. I...
Photo galleries | Preserves
Business
Ground breaks on new Margaritaville hotel
PERICO ISLAND – You’ll soon be able to waste away in Margaritaville in a new way at One Particular Harbour.
The first ever Compass hotel...
Good news and good news
It’s been a while since we had positive news about how the national real estate market was trending. The little black cloud hanging over...
Sports
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...
ACE Hardware undefeated champions
In the teen 14- to 17-year old league, many of the boys who have played flag football on the Island since preschool return each...
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
