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12/19/2025
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12/16/2025

Queens Gate Resort, 1101 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach, is being demolished Dec. 16. The property suffered major damage in the 2024 hurricanes. Islander Videos: Robert Anderson

Santa greets those attending the Anna Maria Holiday Walk held Dec. 12 on Pine Avenue.
12/16/2025

Santa greets those attending the Anna Maria Holiday Walk held Dec. 12 on Pine Avenue.

At the Anna Maria Island Privateers' Christmas party for kids, held Dec. 13 in city field in Holmes Beach. There were vi...
12/16/2025

At the Anna Maria Island Privateers' Christmas party for kids, held Dec. 13 in city field in Holmes Beach. There were visits with Santa, encounters with pirates. There were gifts presented. And there were hot dogs and pizza on the lunch menu.

What’s in the recent Anna Maria Island police reports? There was a residential burglary involving the theft of an expens...
12/16/2025

What’s in the recent Anna Maria Island police reports? There was a residential burglary involving the theft of an expensive pot of gumbo. And more.



Streetlife -12-17-2025 - Read this weeks Streetlife/Police News from Anna Maria Island, Florida

In the wake of the recent sale of Rattlesnake Key, some north Manatee County residents say they’ve received unsolicited ...
12/16/2025

In the wake of the recent sale of Rattlesnake Key, some north Manatee County residents say they’ve received unsolicited phone calls asking them to rank large-scale development ideas for the Terra Ceia and Bishop Harbor area; surveys that offered no option to leave the shoreline untouched.
https://www.islander.org/2025/12/phone-survey-stirs-concerns-after-rattlesnake-key-sale/




In the wake of the recent sale of Rattlesnake Key, some north Manatee County residents say they’ve received unsolicited phone calls asking them to rank

12/13/2025

The Coast Guard rescued five boaters near Egmont Key Dec. 12.

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