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 ...

Nicholas LaFountain, 6, leads a game of tag on Coquina Beach on Easter weekend. The beach weekend brought rain and sun, crowds and celebration, as well as law enforcement on foot, in cruisers and on ...

Bathers and beachgoers using the Palma Sola Causeway beaches should be advised there could be a health problem in the water. The Manatee County Health Department issued an advisory last week for the ...

Cortez Trailer Park residents and citizens concerned about a possible sale packed the regular monthly meeting of the Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, where the residents of Cortez lent a ...

The Medusa will fish again, Cortez is fairly confident, after spending a week on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Crews have been on the job ever since the 42-foot commercial fisherman was swamped ...

Former Island resident and Anna Maria Island Little League product Wyatt Easterling is now an integral part of the North River American 9-10 Division Little League All-Star team. Easterling moved to ...

The basic construction part of the Cortez Road project is finished and work has been suspended until May 1. As the Florida Department of Transportation promised the historic fishing village, the job ...

In what is rapidly becoming a nightmare for Cafe on the Beach owner Dee Percifield - along with the numerous regular and winter visitor patrons who frequent the restaurant - Manatee County officials ...

Restaurateurs who have received a letter from a polite patron who complained of becoming ill after dining at their establishment should probably NOT feel guilty and not send the patron a gift ...

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 ...