Cortez Trailer Park owner Harry Howey Sr. with daughter Kathie Howey Harris addresses the residents about their co-op venture, "It's about preserving for the future." A small group of residents ...

Olga Ippedico, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church’s council chair, and the Rev. Rosemary Backer, speak to members about wind insurance for the Holmes Beach church. The church’s bill for 2007 is $42,167, more ...

It's too bad saltwater fish don't go for worms. If they did, Holmes Beach canals would be a fisherman's paradise, considering the "big can of worms" the city study of canals has unearthed. In fact, ...

And then there were four - champions that is. The 12th annual Anna Maria Island Community Center Holiday Indoor Soccer Tournament came to a close on Dec. 21 with champions being crowned in the U12 and ...

With less than three weeks to the Cinco de Mayo Mexican holiday on Saturday, May 5, Island and Manatee County officials are scrambling to ensure the safety of beachgoers that day following the ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

A long-standing issue has come back to haunt Bradenton Beach, this time in the form of a criminal contempt of court lawsuit from Pete Milazzo. In an ongoing saga that began in June 2004, Milazzo, of ...

St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church is celebrating 50 years on Anna Maria Island, with a parishioners’ festival planned for the weekend. The Very Rev. Msgr. Edward Moretti, pastor of Sts. Peter And Paul ...

Collin Thompson and Julie Stokes of Bradenton Beach were charged Oct. 20. Thompson faces two counts of burglary and one count of grand theft and Stokes faces two counts of burglary. In a separate ...

A comprehensive study of red tide that details the environmental, scientific, economic and social impacts of the water-borne problem has been released by Mote Marine Laboratory’s fledgling Marine ...

Dr. Ernest Estevez is the keeper of all lore nautical in our part of the world. For more than three decades he has practiced his craft at Mote Marine Laboratory, publishing scores of technical papers ...

A Bradentton Beach resident was arrested last week for allegedly engaging a 15-year-old girl in sex activities. That makes three cases of men arrested and charged with sex crimes against minors within ...