Anna Maria Island
April 19, 2021
Horses gallop onto CME agenda
BRADENTON – The horses ridden in the waters off the side of the Palma Sola Scenic Highway made their way back onto the agenda for the Corridor Management Entity’s April meeting and were a point of co…
April 6, 2021
County says Piney Point crisis is “under control”
PALMETTO – County and state officials believe they now have the Piney Point crisis under control.
During today’s 4 p.m. press conference, acting County Administrator Scott Hopes said, “This has be…
April 4, 2021
Worshippers brave cold Easter sunrise service
HOLMES BEACH – More than a thousand people braved chilly temperatures at Manatee Beach to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at the 56th Annual Easter Sunrise Service.
The annual event was…
February 10, 2021
COVID Ribbon Memorial to honor those lost
ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria resident, photographer and artist Cathy Tobias and others are creating a public art installation that memorializes Floridians who lost their lives to COVID-19.
Those lives…
January 24, 2021
Legislators again seek state regulation of vacation rentals
ANNA MARIA – Florida Sen. Manny Diaz (R-Hialeah) and Florida Rep. Jason Fischer (R-Jacksonville) are once again trying to take away local governments’ ability to regulate vacation rentals and vacatio…
January 15, 2021
Search continues for sunken trawler’s oil storage tank
ANNA MARIA – About 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel have been removed from the hull of the commercial shrimp trawler that recently sank offshore of Anna Maria, but concerns linger regarding a still-missi…
January 11, 2021
Shipwreck debris removed; fuel containment, salvage efforts continue
ANNA MARIA – The cleanup of the shipwreck debris field along the Anna Maria shoreline is mostly complete.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three commercial fishermen from a 70-foot commercial fishing…
January 9, 2021
Fishermen rescued; fuel, debris spilled near AMI
ANNA MARIA – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a 70-foot commercial fishing vessel that took on water and ran aground Friday evening in rough seas two miles west of Anna Maria Island…
December 21, 2020
Four Sun staffers win 12 state awards
Four Anna Maria Island Sun staff members have won 12 awards in the Florida Press Club’s 2019 Excellence in Journalism Competition.
Political cartoonist Steve Borggren swept the Editorial Cartoonin…
December 21, 2020
Bright Holiday Lights contest winners celebrated
ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has named four winners in this year’s Bright Holiday Lights decorating contest.
On Friday, two winners were announced in the residential category and two winner…













