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Keep an eye on the tides, weather for success on the water - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring recorded its first sea turtle nest of the 2026 season during the week ...

In a quiet mainland neighborhood near Anna Maria Island, the sound of pickleball paddles, pool parties and late-night ...

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter aircrew medevac’d a captain on a fishing vessel who suffered a hand ...

Sports action on the island was filled this week with soccer, basketball, golf and horseshoes. Youth soccer at the Center of ...

On the morning of May 9, 1980, the Summit Venture, a 609-foot-long freighter, was caught in a sudden storm and collided with ...

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There is plenty of competition over work on the Anna Maria City Pier’s T-end. City staff opened bids May 6 from eight contractors in response to the ...

Bradenton Beach commissioners agreed May 7 to continue operating the city police department, ending consideration of a ...

A 42-foot charter vessel was ordered back to port May 7 after U.S. Coast Guard officers said it was operating illegally near ...