Wildlife Inc. cares for animals during, after hurricane

BRADENTON BEACH - With crates full of hungry adult and baby rescue animals at Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Inc., it was business as usual...

Turtle Watch director Suzi Fox dies

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Suzi Fox, a longtime former Island resident and executive director of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring, died...

Turtle hatchlings break record on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Sea turtle hatchlings have broken the Anna Maria Island record set by the 2018 crop of local loggerheads, with 35,850...

County, vendors face off on takeover of beach market

BRADENTON BEACH - Manatee County commissioners debated the county’s takeover of the Coquina Beach Market last week as vendors defended ousted organizer Nancy Ambrose. The...

Bowlers roll to raise funds for Center

ANNA MARIA - Several hundred people gathered Saturday night with a common goal in mind - to support The Center of Anna Maria Island. All...

Leslie Lake

Sun correspondent Leslie Lake covers the environment and Cortez. Email