Bradenton Beach News

The Gulf Drive Market at the Gulf Drive Cafe & Tiki, 900 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach, is well attended Jan.

A Manatee County jury Jan. 25 found a Bradenton Beach man guilty of the 2010 stabbing of another local man following two and half hours of deliberation.

Variance requests to city ordinances are not uncommon, but getting to the point at a quasi-judicial hearing before a special master is rare in Bradenton Beach.

An actor prepares to dive onto the table for his craving, Doritos, while shooting the Super Bowl commercial that is among five finalists in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest.

Longboat Key residents along with residents of Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach can dispose of household hazardous waste and e-scrap materials from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Gulf side parking and access road of Coquina Beach.

The Bradenton Beach commission is now a full, five-member board, following a 3-1 vote to appoint Richard Gatehouse as the Ward 3 commissioner at the Jan.

Bradenton Beach, Florida Forest Service and Keep Manatee Beautiful officials, as well as local business owners help plant a pair of Spanish Stoppers outside of the U.S. Post Office on Bridge Street.

Word is spreading - and not necessarily by cell calls - with regards to poor cell phone reception throughout areas of Anna Maria Island.

The hope for the new year was a full board of commissioners for the city of Bradenton Beach, but that did not come about at the Jan.

A lack of action on the part of Bradenton Beach city officials has frustrated Holmes Beach officials over the disputed 27thStreet quitclaim deed granted to Sandpiper Resort in 2008.

The Anna Maria City Pier was a busy location during the period from Christmas to New Year's Day.

Forget a 9-to-5 -- Jim Brady remembers a time when he could run a surf shop from the crest of a breaking wave.