Keep Manatee Beautiful needs help in plating the sea oats on the beaches of Anna Maria Island. They need around 300 ...

The most photographed spot on Florida’s Anna Maria Island, if not second to photos of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico, may be the Old City Jail. The rough stone structure is graffitied ...

Where: Anna Maria Island is a barrier island on the west coast of Florida, about midway between Sarasota and Tampa. Where to stay: We spent one night at the Bali Hai Beach Resort in Holmes Beach ...

Rodgers noted that at the founding of Roser Church in 1913, the only way to travel between the mainland and Anna Maria Island was by boat. “We do pray You bless those who participate in this ...

Manatee County Government announced that an Anna Maria Island beach has reopened after taking significant damage from back-to-back hurricanes. When Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the island ...

Anna Maria Island from above, before Helene: Bradenton Beach on June 6, 2022. Anna Maria Island from above, post-Helene: Looking north from Bradenton Beach after Hurricane Helene on Oct. 2, 2024.

Anna Maria Island named one of the world's 50 Best Places to Travel in 2024 by Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure divided its list of 50 Best Places into seven categories.

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — For 11-year-old Josie Law, a walk on the beach during her family's vacation to Anna Maria Island turned into an unexpected adventure — and if to be believed, ended with a ...

Actually, Anna Maria Island is essentially a sandbar, about half way between Tampa and Sarasota. There’s no sign that hurricane seasons will be tamer in the future; indeed, ...

The Cortez Bridge to Anna Maria Island is only open for emergency responders after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] Anna Maria Island is still closed and ...

Anna Maria Island is also home to several of my favorite sports bars in Sarasota and Manatee, with two just down the road from each other on Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach.Another, which also ...