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Dec 16, 2025 – Steve Borggren
October 27, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
City Block Party celebrates the community’s continued recovery

City Block Party celebrates the community’s continued recovery

ANNA MARIA – An estimated 150 people, and maybe more, attended the City Block Party at City Pier Park on Oct. 24. Hosted by the city of Anna Maria from 5-8 p.m. and blessed with beautiful weather, t…
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October 21, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Kids’ Halloween party returns to AMI Moose Lodge

Kids’ Halloween party returns to AMI Moose Lodge

BRADENTON BEACH – Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge 2188 was filled with the sights and sounds of Halloween during the annual kids’ Halloween party on Saturday. This year’s party took on greater signifi…
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October 21, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Crowds welcome back Bayfest

Crowds welcome back Bayfest

ANNA MARIA – Beautiful weather, classic cars, live music, a wide array of vendors and great attendance made for a successful Bayfest celebration after last year’s festival was canceled due to the dam…
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October 21, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Anna Maria Elementary celebrates Fall Festival

Anna Maria Elementary celebrates Fall Festival

The Anna Maria Elementary Fall Festival at The Center of Anna Maria Island on Saturday, Oct. 18 featured a costume parade, rides, games, food and a pumpkin patch. Last year’s event was canceled due t…
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October 14, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Community Farmers Market opens in new location

Community Farmers Market opens in new location

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Com­munity Farmers Market made its season debut in a new location on Oct. 7. The weekly market that operated last year at The Center of Anna Maria Island, and previously…
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October 10, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Belle Haven cottage celebrates grand reopening

Belle Haven cottage celebrates grand reopening

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society celebrated the grand reopening of the historic Belle Haven cottage on Oct. 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony conducted by the Anna Maria Island Ch…
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September 24, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Love prevails in ‘Janus’

Love prevails in ‘Janus’

ANNA MARIA – The Island Players 2025-26 com­munity theater season is off to an excellent start with the Sept. 18-28 performances of the infidelity-inspired romantic comedy, “Janus.” Written by Carol…
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September 9, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Bowling fun raises funds for The Center

Bowling fun raises funds for The Center

BRADENTON – The Greg LaPensee Bowling Tourna­ment at Bowlero in Bradenton on Sept. 6 was a fun-filled community event that raised funds for The Center of Anna Maria Island. Holmes Beach-based LaPens…
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September 1, 2025
By SUN contributor
Sunday rain keeps AMI beach crowds light, but fun was still had

Sunday rain keeps AMI beach crowds light, but fun was still had

Story and photos contributed by Lance Roy | Special to the Sun ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Labor Day weekend on Anna Maria Island usually means umbrellas in the sand, music floating from beachside patios an…
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August 5, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
New book revisits 1980 Kingfish boat ramp murders

New book revisits 1980 Kingfish boat ramp murders

HOLMES BEACH – On the 45th anniversary of the unsolved Kingfish Boat Ramp murders, Bradenton resident Alan Cross released his self-published non-fiction book, “Tales from the Island: The Kingfish Boa…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting