Skip to main content

Anna Maria

Trash, recycling collection days changing soon
Anna Maria, Community News

Trash, recycling collection days changing soon

Sep 30, 2025 – Joe Hendricks
September 16, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria parts ways with embattled building official

Anna Maria parts ways with embattled building official

ANNA MARIA – Craig Greene is no longer serving as Anna Maria’s contracted building official. Toward the end of the Sept. 11 Anna Maria City Commission meeting, Mayor Mark Short briefly addressed Gre…
,
September 3, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
No swim zone implemented after Bean Point drowning

No swim zone implemented after Bean Point drowning

ANNA MARIA – Swimming is now prohibited at Bean Point in Anna Maria. Implemented on Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Bean Point no swim zone extends around Bean Point from the Fern Street beach access to the b…
,
September 2, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria increases stormwater fees

Anna Maria increases stormwater fees

ANNA MARIA – Property owners in the city will see their annual stormwater fees double from $2 per 100 square feet of property to $4 per 100 square feet. On Aug. 28, city commissioners Chris Arendt…
,
September 1, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Search continues for missing Bean Point swimmer

Body of missing Bean Point swimmer believed to have been recovered

STORY UPDATED: 2 p.m., Sept. 1 ANNA MARIA – A body has been recovered that is believed to be the swimmer who went missing Sunday evening while swimming off Bean Point in Anna Maria. A press rel…
,
August 27, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Kapok tree removed due to weather impacts

Kapok tree removed due to weather impacts

ANNA MARIA – A massive kapok tree transported and trans­planted at a residential property in the 700 block of North Shore Drive in April 2024 was recently removed and replaced due the weather conditi…
,
August 26, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Haddox departs Planning and Zoning Board

Haddox departs Planning and Zoning Board

ANNA MARIA – Planning and Zon­ing Board Chairperson David Haddox vacated his advisory board seat after the board’s Aug. 20 meeting. Haddox and his wife, Marsha McAl­lister, sold their Anna Maria hom…
,
August 26, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria considers approving paid parking lot

Anna Maria considers approving paid parking lot

ANNA MARIA – There may soon be a new paid public parking lot in Anna Maria for beachgoers and other visitors. On Aug. 14, the Anna Maria Planning and Zoning Board voted 5-0 in favor of recommending…
,
August 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
General Store burglary suspect released on bond

General Store burglary suspect released on bond

ANNA MARIA – After being arrested on Aug. 18 for allegedly burglarizing the Anna Ma­ria General Store earlier that morning, 24-year-old former Holmes Beach resident Leonardo “Leo” Tilelli was release…
,
August 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Beach cabana rental rules may change

Beach cabana rental rules may change

ANNA MARIA – No final decisions have been made, but the mayor and commissioners are considering allowing beach cabana rentals in some public beach areas and not allowing them in others. Current city…
,
August 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Mayor presents projected 2025-26 operating expenses

Mayor presents projected 2025-26 operating expenses

ANNA MARIA – On Aug. 14, Mayor Mark Short presented city commissioners with an overview of the city’s operating expenses projected in the city’s proposed 2025-26 fiscal year budget. The budget docum…
,

Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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