John “Redbeard” Swager and Patti Lamoreux held the ceremonial pistol, and together they fired into the air. It sounded like the “pop” of a firecracker. “That was Jim, by the way,” announced Swager, ...

St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church is celebrating 50 years on Anna Maria Island, with a parishioners’ festival planned for the weekend. The Very Rev. Msgr. Edward Moretti, pastor of Sts. Peter And Paul ...

Members played a nine-hole scramble May 22. The team of Janelle Clements, Ron Huibers, Tom Solosky and Bill Sweeney combined ...

Holes on the beach can be dangerous. So how about banning tools used to dig them? Charlie Hunsicker, director of Manatee ...

Construction on a new subaqueous intracoastal water main to Anna Maria Island is on — or under — the near horizon. Manatee ...

The city of Anna Maria’s annual Memorial Day observance gets underway May 26 at the Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia ...

Bradenton Beach is entering the 2025 storm season at the ready. Police Chief John Cosby, who serves as the city’s emergency operations manager, spoke to ...

You fly into the air and twist as you come down. Your bases catch you. You’re at ease. You hit your stunt! Thankfully, ...

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Volunteers and researchers with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program form a semicircle with a net in shallow water east of Jewfish Key May 20 to corral bottlenose dolphins during the group’s annual ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short emailed The Islander May 23 noting that key city staff attended the county’s hurricane ...

Hurricane season is just around the corner, so now is the time to prepare. And if you live or own a business in Anna Maria, that preparation should ...