The city of Bradenton may become the latest Manatee County government to regulate short-term rental properties, following an example set by Anna Maria Island leaders several years ago. Pointing to the ...

Mainsail Lodging & Development has announced the July 18 opening of Mello on the Beach, a modern, new beachfront retreat on Anna Maria Island on Florida’s gulf coast. Situated directly on the island’s ...

It was one of those “just-by-chance” meetings that turned into a love affair. Ashley and Dino Petrone and their four children, ranging in ages from 13 to 1, came to Anna Maria Island in February 2021 ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — With new improved sanitation protocols in place, dozens of vacation rental property owners and managers on Anna Maria Island are pushing to get their properties back online ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A loggerhead sea turtle named “Esther” was released back in to the wild on Monday with a crowd of locals and vacationers looking on. Staff and volunteers from Waterline ...

Anna Maria Island, that seven-mile stretch of beautiful white-sand beaches, lively seafood restaurants and tiki bars (some of them literally perched on the sand), fishing piers, souvenir shops and mom ...