You can bet on a catch. With a large influx of bait fish like scaled sardines and threadfin herring surrounding Anna Maria Island, you can bet you’ll be finding Spanish mackerel in the nearshore ...

The city of Anna Maria’s largest annual spending plan is in the books. City commissioners unanimously voted Sept. 25 on motions to adopt a $30,151,548 budget and 1.65 millage rate for fiscal 2025-26, ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short’s veto of an emergency ordinance will stand. City commissioners agreed Sept. 25 not to override Short’s veto of an emergency ordinance that would have codified a no-swim ...

It’s the pause before the claws, as Cortez prepares for stone crab season. Karen Bell, owner of A.P. Bell Fish Co. and Starfish Cafe in Cortez, said crabbers are readying their gear for the Oct. 15 ...

Members played a scramble Sept. 25 to close out the week’s golf action. The team of Jim Hill, Bill Shuman, Quentin Talbert and Ron Vandeman fired a 3-over-par 67 to tie Marty Hicks, Jody Maleeny and ...

The devastating 2024 hurricane season has had a lingering impact. Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce president Terri Kinder told The Islander Sept. 26 that the month of September is historically a ...

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Work to restore pedestrian access to the Anna Maria City Pier soon could be underway. City commissioners planned to select a contractor to rebuild the walkway linking the landside to the T-end at a ...

It’s the pause before the claws, as Cortez prepares for stone crab season. Karen Bell, owner of A.P. Bell Fish […] ...

Last week’s question Where are you one year after Hurricane Helene? Fully recovered. 28% Nearly recovered. 19% Still working to get back. 27% Lost too ...

Carter Thomas Layne,19, of Palmetto was sentenced Sept. 24 to 20 years in state prison for fatally shooting 16-year-old Jann Michael Feeney. Layne was convicted of manslaughter with a firearm in the ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short shared in an email to The Islander Sept. 23 his experience when Hurricane Helene sent storm surge and delivered widespread ...