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March 13, 2025
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Island is going green during the Anna Maria Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 16 from 4-6 p.m. “Bring your family, your friends and your green to enjoy a fun-f…
March 9, 2025
ANNA MARIA – The Island Players are bringing to life the British murder mystery, “Death by Design.” Opening night is Thursday, March 13 and the final performance will be given on Sunday, March 30…
March 4, 2025
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Museum hosted a soft reopening celebration on Feb. 25 that highlighted the museum’s ongoing recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Inside the museu…
March 3, 2025
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Garden Club hosted its annual luncheon and fashion show at The Center of Anna Maria Island on Feb. 26. Attended by nearly 300 people, this year’s theme was “Flower…
March 3, 2025
CORTEZ – Nearly 10,000 people attended the 43rd Annual Cortez Com­mercial Fishing Festival on Feb. 15-16. Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) Treasurer Jane von Hahmann said on Feb. 26 t…
February 15, 2025
CORTEZ – The doors to Slicker’s Eatery, 12012 Cortez Road W., reopened 128 days after the flooding from Hurricane Helene swamped the restaurant. “It feels tremendous to be open,” Slicker said. “We’r…

January 25, 2025
ANNA MARIA – Featuring 28 vendors, the new Anna Maria Community Farmers Market enjoyed a successful opening day at The Center of Anna Maria Island on Jan. 14. Accompanied by sunshine and cool-to-mod…

January 20, 2025
ELLENTON – Several Anna Maria Island bands and musicians will participate in the Rock N’ The Sand music festival and hurricane relief fundraiser at Whiskey Joe’s in Ellenton on Saturday, Jan. 25 from…

January 18, 2025
ANNA MARIA – Community theater lovers have until Sunday, Jan. 26 to enjoy The Island Players’ comical performance of “Birthday Suite.” Island Players veteran Heiko Knipfelberg directs the slapstic…

January 13, 2025
Beach Nutz by Steve Borggren