Bradenton Beach
January 10, 2022
Engineering underway for potential shoreline resiliency project
BRADENTON BEACH – City officials do not support a barrier wall being included in the plans for a potential living shoreline/shoreline resiliency project along Bay Drive South.
On Thursday, Jan. 6…
January 4, 2022
Bradenton Beach: The Year in Review
BRADENTON BEACH – The city of Bradenton Beach embarked on some important public projects in 2021 and also welcomed a familiar face as the city’s new police chief.
January
In January, the mayor and…
January 2, 2022
Shamrock Shiver a New Year’s tradition
BRADENTON BEACH – A large crowd gathered between Seventh Street and 10th Street on Jan. 1 for what’s become a New Year’s Day tradition, The Shamrock Shiver Charity Plunge.
Participants dressed…
January 2, 2022
Bridge Street revelers usher in the new year
Bridge Street was the epicenter of the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Bradenton Beach. On a foggy Friday evening, the festivities extended all along the street as residents, locals and visitors welco…
December 19, 2021
AMI Moose Lodge celebrates Christmas
BRADENTON BEACH – Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge #2188 welcomed Rudolph, Santa and other guests to its annual children’s Christmas party Saturday morning.
Joined by parents and grandparents, more t…
December 13, 2021
Candy canes take center stage on Bridge Street
BRADENTON BEACH – From Main Street, Champaign, Illinois in 1898 to Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach, Florida in 2021, a fourth-generation candy maker is making candy canes the old-fashioned way.
A p…
December 12, 2021
Annie Silver Center closer to electing permanent board
BRADENTON BEACH – The Annie Silver Community Center board met on Dec. 6 to address several issues, including replacing retiring president Linda Yarger, whose last official day was Sept. 30.
Jim H…
December 6, 2021
Boat parade draws happy holiday crowd
BRADENTON BEACH – Locals and tourists flooded Bridge Street to watch the 3rd Annual Bradenton Beach Holiday Boat Parade on Saturday, Dec. 4.
Boat owners were invited to show their holiday spirit by…
December 5, 2021
Privateers raise money for scholarships
BRADENTON BEACH – The Anna Maria Island Privateers invaded the Drift In to raise money for their scholarship fund on Saturday.
“I didn’t know what was going on, I just assumed people here dress as p…
November 22, 2021
Christmas has come to Bridge Street
BRADENTON BEACH – Take a walk down Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach and you’ll find it difficult not to be in the holiday spirit.
On Saturday, Nov. 20, the city lit the most Christmas lights ever…











