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 ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

islander reporter Rick Catlin spent last year’s vacation on a cruise with, from left, son Christian, daughter Cody Ann, and wife Jennifer. This past Christmas week, my wife and I took our two ...

Call Tropical Storm Claudette a sleeper, having formed Saturday night as we all slept. An area of disturbed weather about 100 miles west-northwest of Anna Maria Island was termed a named storm by the ...

That wacky "winter" weather of late seems to be turning on the fish as well as fishers. Air temperatures have topped 80 degrees by day of late, water temps are hovering around 70, and the fishing is ...

Butts may still be allowed on the beaches in Sarasota County. The Sarasota County Parks Advisory and Recreation Council has recommended that cigarette smoking be allowed along the shore there.

"Great fun, great food, great beach - and great fireworks" are promised by the Chiles Group at its two Anna Maria Island restaurants this Independence Day holiday. In fact, it’s such an action-filled ...

The waders that Mark Kevin Harmon and Brian Bryant of Cincinnati purchased for their vacation on Anna Mara Island proved a worthwhile investment. Looking for shells, Harmon waded about 200 feet into ...

Planning is going smoothly for the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, the celebration’s organizing committee was assured at its meeting last week. Plenty of ...

Unsecured creditors of bankrupt GSR Development LLC might be feeling a bit more "unsecure" these days about ever collecting anything near the $8 million they're owed by the failed Island real estate ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...