Green turtles generally nest every other year on Anna Maria; a record 12 green turtle nests were seen in 2023. “We hope to break that record this year,” Mazzarella wrote. Also of note, several turtles ...

Hay bales are lining the beach on the shoreline to protect the sea turtles from going the wrong way away from the ocean.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — An Anna Maria Island resident ... They want to see the beautiful water,” said Bryant. The parking garage proposal started as a bill introduced by Republican Rep.

After a seven-month closure, a beloved Sarasota-Manatee restaurant near the beach reopens today at 5 p.m. with an enticing ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WWSB) - Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch reports a busy week on the beach, with an increase in disoriented turtles and installing barriers to help keep nesting turtles away from ...

Hot fishing action inshore, offshore despite the heat - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Construction on a new subaqueous intracoastal water main to Anna Maria Island is on — or under — the near horizon. Manatee ...

The Rod & Reel Pier is reopening on Anna Maria Island after its destruction in a hurricane — but it’s in a new location.

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — It’s been nearly six months ... and walked through the restaurant and had almost hip level of water and everything was displaced,” said Suzor.

It could take weeks for crews to fully repair a water main break that occurred on Monday afternoon, but services to Anna Maria Island residents served by the line should not be interrupted.

That resilience was evident everywhere I looked on Anna Maria Island. Mere months ago, there was 3 feet of standing water in several businesses, and sand was piled along roads and against buildings.

Toes-in-the-sand dining and adventures on the water: Anna Maria Island and Bradenton, halfway down the west coast of Florida, offers a compendium of indulgence in alluring natural surroundings.