Anna Maria News

With my crazy, cramped travel schedule, I don't often get a chance to stay in the same inn more than once in the same year, but the circumstances were so special and the inn so extraordinary that I found myself at Harrington House Beachfront Bed & Breakfast Inn on two occasions in December-January. Located in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island north ...

The Coast Guard has spent much of the day searching for a missing diver off the coast of Manatee County.

Drivers are advised to avoid driving on Anna Maria Island due to street flooding from the continued rain.

A lightning strike knocked out power for about 3,800 customers on Anna Maria Island this morning.

University Park resident Paul Smilow breathed a sigh of relief Monday upon hearing the sentencing outcome of rogue hedge fund manager Bernard Madoff.

The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants has appointed Elizabeth T. Carlson to the Committee for Relations with the Florida Bar.

Should rides on the Anna Maria Island trolley, free for seven years running, start costing passengers? That question continues to come up.

A long ago newspaper published on Anna Maria Island in the 1960s for a small local audience proclaimed, "Where life is peaceful, and fishing is good." It's as true today as ever.

An Island-based effort to keep the trolley operating fare-free is getting a test drive with Manatee County officials.

Unemployment in Manatee County, after a minor drop in numbers in April, found itself headed up again in May to 11.1 percent.

Trolley rides on Anna Maria Island will continue to be free, at least for a while.

Holmes Beach police investigated curbside trash on 61st Street after learning that the discarded items included photographs of missing motel-owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. The investigation took place at about 8 p.m. June 8 in the 300 block of 61st St., according to a Holmes Beach Police Department incident report.

Manatee County residents who enjoy tennis might soon pay more to play on county courts.

The dynamic ladies of the Women's Leadership Initiative celebrated the end of their year with a mix-and-mingle party last Thursday afternoon.

Tourism versus energy. Sand versus natural gas. The wrestling match over the underwater route of a pipeline currently pits the Town of Longboat Key and Manatee County against Port Dolphin Energy.

William J. Cumber is appealing a 13.5-year prison sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to violating his probation on a felony arson charge.

Developers say attempts to breathe new life into blighted areas like U.S. 41 north of the airport are hampered by codes and zoning that make getting a major project approved almost a nightmare.

Christine Robinson of Palmetto made history this week by becoming the first patient of Lakewood Ranch Medical Center's new Orthopaedic Center at Lakewood Ranch.

After hearing about concerns with a proposed underwater natural gas pipeline, the Manatee County Commission asked all the interested parties to cloister themselves in a room and settle their disagreements.

BRADENTON BEACH a ' The town manager of Longboat Key took the trip across the bridge to ask this citya TMs commissioners for help in rerouting a natural gas pipeline in the waters north of Anna Maria Island.