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...
Letters to the Editor: Roser crucial to book sale
Once again, the Friends of the Island Library are very grateful to Roser Community Church for making a space for us to have our...
Letters to the Editor: Thanks for Sun support
On behalf of the board of directors of the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) and the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival committee we want...
Letters to the Editor: No late calls, please
Our mayor is a morning person. I remember during noise ordinance discussions, her describing sleeping in as 8 a.m., something service workers laughed at...
Letters to the Editor: Where did you go, “Island time?”
The Holmes Beach City Commission appears to want to “speed up” Island traffic by adopting regulations designed to effectively eliminate golf carts. These regulations...
Grilled chicken in paradise
After many years of enjoying Florida’s cuisine – seafood, shellfish and other treats - I was diverted by a Jimmy Buffett song to that...
Dan Murphy is Sun’s Person of the Year
ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy is The Sun’s 2018 Person of the Year.
Working with the city commission, city staff and outside...
Fair or foul?
Part of a true sportsman’s enjoyment of any sport is knowing you have won or lost while playing by the rules.
Florida’s duck hunting rules...
Sun earns nine statewide awards
The Anna Maria Island Sun was recognized with nine awards in the 2018 Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Competition at a ceremony in...
The Sun election recommendations
Bradenton Beach City Commission
Ralph Cole
Marilyn Maro
Holmes Beach City Commission
Pat Morton
Holmes Beach Mayor
Judy Holmes Titsworth
Holmes Beach Charter Review Commission
(vote for up to five)
Claudia Carlson
Nancy Deal
Thomas...
Police officers doing their job
By William L. Tokajer
Holmes Beach Chief of Police
As I watch this election season come upon us, I do so with disbelief as to the...
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...
Red tides, lost summers
By Katie Tripp, Ph.D.
Director of Science & Conservation, Save the Manatee Club
Martin County, located along Florida's southeast coast, adopted the term "Lost Summer" in...
Valuing civility
Election season is upon us, and already the gloves are coming off between candidates and between some candidates and the public. The first ballot...
