Cortez Trailer Park residents and citizens concerned about a possible sale packed the regular monthly meeting of the Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, where the residents of Cortez lent a ...

Cortez Trailer Park owner Harry Howey Sr. with daughter Kathie Howey Harris addresses the residents about their co-op venture, "It's about preserving for the future." A small group of residents ...

A car-motorcycle crash March 24 sent a Holmes Beach man to the hospital. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2006 Kia driven by Francisco A. Solorzano, 42, of Bradenton, was driving on ...

A map of current communications towers in the area. A monopole on Cortez Road, which is not proposed for Bradenton Beach. A unipole, which is proposed for Bradenton Beach. Bradenton Beach officials ...

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 ...

With less than three weeks to the Cinco de Mayo Mexican holiday on Saturday, May 5, Island and Manatee County officials are scrambling to ensure the safety of beachgoers that day following the ...

The victory party is history. Residents are settled into homes and land they own. The prior owner is tidying up his affairs, preparing to move along. Sale of the Cortez Trailer Park seems one of those ...

Hurricane Helene intensified to a Category 4 storm Sept. 26 on the doorstep of Anna Maria Island’s coastline before making ...

Holiday festivities aside, Bradenton Beach may be growing three-fold next year. City commissioners have approved yet again a proposal to increase the city's boundaries into the Gulf of Mexico and Anna ...

Anna Maria’s business community bunkered up, waited out and even waded through the waters of Hurricane Helene. The Islander ...

Islander photographer Jacob Merrifield piloted a drone Sept. 27, after Hurricane Helene hit Anna Maria Island with strong ...

Home burns, police trapped at station, residential rescues and shared shelter Stories of rescues, resilience and community ...