The 16th Annual Carl Balck GMC Sarasota Blues Fest will be at the Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Oct. 28. Headlining the show is Gregg Allman, who has roots to Anna Maria Island, as well ...

The sign on the door of AMI Fitness at 5417 Marina Drive in Holmes Beach was posted at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 9 advising members that the center was "closed for reorganization," but would reopen "ASAP." ...

A huge hammerhead shark caused more commotion ashore last week than it ever did in the water, as Cortez village hosted the marine giant on its way to Mote Marine Laboratory. Caught on tackle off Boca ...

The new Anna Maria City Commission may have to face a very vexing question in the near future, following the code enforcement board's Nov. 13 ruling in the case of Pine Avenue property owner Frank ...

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

Holmes Beach police arrested Lauren Meyer, 37, of Valrico, May 10 on a third-degree felony charge for alleged abuse of a child without great bodily harm ...

A potential tax increase in the city of Holmes Beach to the stormwater assessment is once again on the table. City officials talked May 12 about ways to ...

Post navigation ← Nesting notes: 1st nest marked, relocated Red tide observed in Sarasota County → ...

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

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