6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (104+ words) September 8, 2026 | Be the first to comment Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring found no new sea turtle nests the week beginning Aug. 31, but the team documented 20 hatched nests that produced 1,469 hatchlings. AMITW also reported that predators, including coyotes…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (571+ words) by Robert Anderson on September 8, 2026 | Be the first to comment People have a new way to reach Coquina Beach. Manatee County expanded its Gulf Islands Ferry service south on Anna Maria Island Sept. 2, adding a stop at the Coquina Bayside…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (99+ words) Staff members from the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach hold certificates Aug. 28 that they received after completing hands-on fire safety and extinguisher training at the West Manatee Fire Rescue’s administrative headquarters, at 701 63rd St. W., Bradenton. Training also took place…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (141+ words) Barges, pilings and a crane are staged Aug. 28 on the former Seafood Shack restaurant parcel near the northeast corner of the Cortez Bridge, providing some of the first visible signs of construction preparations for the Florida Department of Transportation’s replacement…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (697+ words) by Robert Anderson on September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to head to Anna Maria Island for the Labor Day weekend, prompting local law enforcement and public safety agencies to increase their presence…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (140+ words) September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment Holmes Beach police arrested Jack Thomas, 21, of Sarasota, Aug. 21 on second-degree misdemeanor charges for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and refusing to submit to DUI testing. Thomas displayed signs of impairment during…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) by Robert Anderson on September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was investigating the death of a California man in a personal watercraft incident off Anna Maria’s Bean Point. Sergio Andres Galvis Lopez, 34, was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (556+ words) September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment A long holiday weekend begins Sept. 5 and carries through Sept. 7, which is Labor Day. This year, the holiday arrives a week past the start of meteorological fall and about two weeks before the fall…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (585+ words) by Robert Anderson on September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment The state is proposing its first update in 17 years to the management plan for the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, bringing new attention to environmental and developmental pressures following a year…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) by Capt. Danny Stasny on September 1, 2026 | Be the first to comment As we settle into September, Anna Maria Island anglers are excited to get on the water in search of our most revered backwater species — snook. Opening day for snook…...