Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...

Dr. Ernest Estevez is the keeper of all lore nautical in our part of the world. For more than three decades he has practiced his craft at Mote Marine Laboratory, publishing scores of technical papers ...

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

A Cortez woman has been arrested on charges of robbing three banks and is a suspect in a fourth bank robbery. Her husband also has been arrested in connection with the crimes. Michele L. Blalock, 38, ...

A Manatee County circuit court judge denied a request to reduce the bond for a Bradenton Beach man arrested for engaging in sexual activities with a minor. Joseph Edmund Chiquet, 34, of the 500 block ...

Greg Oberhofer, the owner of Quality Builders of Holmes Beach Inc., 5500-A Marina Drive, has been arrested on a charge of misappropriation of construction funds, a second-degree felony. Oberhofer was ...

This photo shows the location of the former Trader Jack's restaurant, now being offered for $25 million by Mike Norman Realty of Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Jack Elka Got a spare $25 million sitting ...

A Coast Guard training exercise turned into a repair job March 25, when a crew landed its helicopter on the beach in Anna Maria after getting a warning of a rotor problem. islander Photos: Lisa Neff A ...

A stump is all that remains of the black olive tree that shaded a front yard in the 500 block of 74th Street in Holmes Beach. The tree was removed after a crew contracted by Florida Power & Light ...

The story in the March 4 issue about the Research Data Survey on tourism done for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau contained an error on average ...

An Oregon businessman has applied to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to build three beachfront houses at the Park Street beach access in Anna Maria. islander Photo: Rick Catlin ...