Emergency medical service technicians and lifeguards at Coquina Beach Aug. 5 worked unsuccessfully to revive Bridwell F. Tobin of Sarasota after the man shot himself with a small pistol. islander ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

The AID service will take place at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, and feature a joint church choir and worship leaders from each congregation. The Rev. Harry Parsell of ...

The good news is that resorts on Anna Maria Island received support on proposals to curb runaway taxes from several different fronts last week. The bad news is that the proposals are somewhat ...

The Anna Maria City Commission may be in for some overtime at its Jan. 26 regular meeting. Commission Chairperson John Quam has placed a number of important items on the agenda for discussion and/or a ...

Preliminary clearing for the Cortez channel dredging project can begin any time now, but the dredging itself is not likely to begin until at least October. That is to give the commercial fishermen of ...

The shore bird nesting area on the Island's north beach was about two-thirds under water after Dennis passed, virtually wiping out one of the state's premier nesting areas. "All of the area where the ...

Anna Maria city commissioners gave the "preliminary" go-ahead sign at their July 21 meeting to the Anna Maria Island Community Center to proceed with expansion plans, at the same time granting the ...

Island real estate agents are still smiling as the sales boom - and accompanying property value increase - that began post-Sept. 11 continues on Anna Maria Island. Sales of Island duplex and triplex ...

There was one casualty left in the wake of Hurricane Dennis on Anna Maria Island: The start of the beach renourishment project. "We should start putting sand on the beach by the end of this week," ...

Just a few weeks ago, the beach along the bay side of North Shore Drive in Anna Maria extended out some 20 to 30 feet from the seawall. After Hurricane Dennis swept through the Gulf of Mexico, however ...