Outdoor seating allowances remain in effect
BRADENTON BEACH – The city’s expanded outdoor seating allowances for restaurants and bars will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
On May 19, the city commission reached the unanimous consensus that it was not ready to set an expiration date for the temporary outdoor...
FDEP releases Aqua mangrove trimming report
MANATEE COUNTY – The mangroves on the Aqua property along Sarasota Bay were recently trimmed in compliance with state-issued permits, but the trimming notification...
Trees get the ax in Kingfish renovation plans
MANATEE COUNTY – Plans are underway to make significant changes at the Kingfish Boat Ramp in Holmes Beach, but those improvements are coming at...
Community News
Noisy vacation rental home declared public nuisance
ANNA MARIA – Special Magistrate Jerry Buhr has declared a vacation rental home at 313 Magnolia Ave. to be a public nuisance due to...
Memorial Day weekend parking won’t be without peril
ANNA MARIA ISLAND - With Memorial Day weekend just days away, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach are preparing for what could be...
Entertainment
Featured artist impressive with pencil
HOLMES BEACH - Island Gallery West's featured artist for May, Janet Flickinger, captures common life through her pencil works, currently on display in the...
Events calendar
Wednesday, May 25
Beach market, Coquina Beach, 2650 Gulf Drive S., Bradenton Beach, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tortoise Talk, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W.,...
Outdoors
Reel Time: Worth
Worth - "The value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held."
How would you define the quality...
Reel Time: Clean Water Act case benefits anglers
Suncoast Waterkeeper and partner environmental groups Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, Manasota-88 and Our Children’s Earth Foundation have once again given local anglers cause for some...
Business
Are you noticing the mortgage interest rates?
My April 20 column was titled “The end of an era,” the era being one of ultra-low mortgage interest rates. In that column I...
Tourist tax collections 2022
2022 tourist tax collections compared to 2021
January
Anna Maria ↓ 6%
Bradenton Beach ↑ 37%
Holmes Beach ↑ 40%
Manatee County ↑ 34%
February
Anna Maria ↓ 18%
Bradenton Beach ↑...
Sports
Team Salty Printing wins
ANNA MARIA - After their first win of the season last week, Salty Printing walked onto The Center field Thursday night with an air...
Beach Bums, Salty Printing win on Island pitch
Working hard all season paid off for the 8- to 10-year-old league team Beach Bums last Tuesday night. With the talents of Camden Rudacille...
Opinion
Battery victim’s family grateful to AMI
Referring to the incident that happened on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 with Evan Purcell: As horrific and traumatic as it was for everyone, including...
