Opinion
April 26, 2020
Enough is enough
My name is Jan Labriola and I own Harry’s Grill with my husband, Mark Labriola. We bought Harry’s six years ago without having any experience in the business, only common sense and good work ethic. O…
April 19, 2020
Letter to the Editor
The proverbial saying, “Every cloud has a silver lining,” is used to convey the notion that, no matter how bad a situation might seem, there is always some good aspect to it. Is there a “silver linin…
February 16, 2020
All share the burden
This letter was originally sent to the Holmes Beach Mayor and City Commission.
Mayor & Commissioners,
I read in the paper there is discussion regarding increasing your stormwater fees. I wa…
July 25, 2019
Letters: Horses on the causeway
I appreciate your article in the Anna Maria Island Sun dealing with potential health concerns of horse fecal matter on the Palma Sola Causeway. In fact, your article also brought up for me another co…
June 4, 2019
Ahead of the curve
Another school year has come and gone with no harmful incidents to students or staff at Anna Maria Elementary School (AME).
In this day and age, safety has become a worry for all schools in this c…
March 12, 2019
No winners in noise battle
There are many sides, but no winners in the battle over residential noise on Anna Maria Island. On one side are full-time residents who want to maintain the peace and quiet of their once completely r…
March 5, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Roser crucial to book sale
Once again, the Friends of the Island Library are very grateful to Roser Community Church for making a space for us to have our popular book sale. A smaller space, but we had fewer books. The sale wa…
March 5, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Thanks for Sun support
On behalf of the board of directors of the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) and the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival committee we want to say thank you to the AMI Sun for your contin…
February 26, 2019
Letters to the Editor: No late calls, please
Our mayor is a morning person. I remember during noise ordinance discussions, her describing sleeping in as 8 a.m., something service workers laughed at and felt compelled to correct. Our chief of po…
February 26, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Where did you go, “Island time?”
The Holmes Beach City Commission appears to want to “speed up” Island traffic by adopting regulations designed to effectively eliminate golf carts. These regulations are presented in the name of safe…









