Understating the obvious for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials at its March 21 meeting held a discussion on traffic problems confronting the four ...

As stories go, this definitely is one, and it's got all the elements of a made-for-TV movie. There's adventure, romance, tragic death, a miraculous escape and a surprise ending. It's even got ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...

Attracted by the Anna Maria ambiance, rising land values and lack of proper land-development controls, rich developers with plenty of cash are eyeing Anna Maria real estate to assemble enough parcels ...

The new Anna Maria Island Community Center building came about at the cost of an Island landmark, Benji Scanio Memorial Stadium. The field didn’t really change, but the stadium and concrete bleachers ...

A construction crew Aug. 25 readies the ground along the north side of Cortez Road in Bradenton Beach for a new sidewalk. islander Photo: Lisa Neff Residents near the intersection of Cortez Road and ...

Call Tropical Storm Claudette a sleeper, having formed Saturday night as we all slept. An area of disturbed weather about 100 miles west-northwest of Anna Maria Island was termed a named storm by the ...

"Great fun, great food, great beach - and great fireworks" are promised by the Chiles Group at its two Anna Maria Island restaurants this Independence Day holiday. In fact, it’s such an action-filled ...

Rhea Chiles works on canvas. Ed Chiles discusses the future at his restaurants and on Pine Avenue, where his vision is coming to life. It was an idea of great joy to Rhea Chiles, and as it formed, ...

A Bradentton Beach resident was arrested last week for allegedly engaging a 15-year-old girl in sex activities. That makes three cases of men arrested and charged with sex crimes against minors within ...

To highlight the end the year at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, member Jimmy Livanos notched a hole-in-one. He aced the ...