Sun staff

March 17, 2017

August 23, 2017

Welcome to The SUN!

Solar eclipse or not, go ahead – look into The Sun! The Anna Maria Island Sun is happy to announce its redesigned website with all the sections you look for in our print edition, including com…

August 22, 2017

By Sun staff

A new venue emerges

These have been exciting times for those of us here at The Sun newspaper. We had a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse Monday afternoon – though only three-quarters on the Island – that not onl…

August 16, 2017

By Sun staff

All the news that’s fit to print

Not so long ago, this was considered the off season here on the Island. The pace of life was slower. The crush of tourists less crushing. The flow of news often drying up to a trickle. Not so much…

May 1, 2017

By Sun staff

Changing the rules in mid-stream

One of the protestors at the Aqua by the Bay rally on Saturday voiced a concern that’s being discussed at bars, on beaches and in boats – “How do they get away with changing the rules in the middle o…

March 17, 2017

By Sun staff

Editorial | Tropical perspective

John Lennon and Paul McCartney once wrote a song that started with the line, “I read the news today, oh boy.” One might feel the same way when viewing the local headlines here on the Island, which…

December 31, 2016

By Sun staff

General Excellence

The Anna Maria Island Sun won the General Excellence award in the Florida Press Association’s 2016 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest, naming it the best weekly newspaper of its size in the state of Flo…

December 30, 2016

By Sun staff