By Mike Sales Special to The Islander Anna Maria Island is welcoming back crowds. So, arrive early, ride the trolley if you can, chill and enjoy. Your ...

Anna Maria Island remains under a curfew with access limited to residents, business owners and first responders. Hurricane Helene ravaged Manatee County’s barrier island as it twisted through the Gulf ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of Anna Maria Island may never look the same after Hurricane Helene brought new levels of destruction to Manatee County’s ...

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The most photographed spot on Florida’s Anna Maria Island, if not second to photos of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico, may be the Old City Jail. The rough stone structure is graffitied with ...

Stephanie Davis’ fifth graders were so determined to have a good day that they rapped it into existence. “Get the negativity out of my face, I want positivity in my space,” they chanted. “Today’s ...

Manatee County is not sleeping on the time change this week, and announced that extended hours for the Gulf Island Ferry service start Wednesday for anybody who wants to spend their extra time in the ...

Wendy Pramik is a travel writer and photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys exploring food and drink in small towns across the United States with her husband, Mike Pramik, and their two ...

Eight months after long-time Anna Maria College President Mary Lou Retelle announced she would retire at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, Sean Ryan has been named as her successor and the 12th ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — Manatee County Sheriff's deputies confirm the body they found in the water Monday is the missing swimmer who was swept away by the tide over the weekend. The U.S. Coast Guard ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Hatching season is in full swing at Anna Maria Island, and thousands of baby sea turtles have already made their way to the ocean this year. Anna Maria Island Turtle ...

Anna Maria Maiolino, “Mais que Um (More Than One),” “São 25 (They are 25),” and “São 25 (They are 21)” from the ‘Preposições (Prepositions)’ series (2013), raku ceramics, metal wire, metal table, and ...