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This week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020
The 2020 Christmas season kicks off, as in the past, with a local Small Business Saturday sale. Shoppers, many in masks, selected their holiday plants Nov. 28 at Orban’s Nursery in northwest Bradenton, where the grower held its traditional, annual Poinsettia Sale. Also, the nursery, 9601 Ninth Ave. NW, will operate a Monday-Friday market through the end of the year, opening 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Islander Courtesy Photo
Anna Maria commissioner details battle with COVID
COVID-19 reached the Anna Maria City Commission. Commissioner Joe Muscatello said at a Nov. 24 meeting that he was one […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, Feature, News
Island legend, Eleanor M. Reynard Tatakis dies at 93
Eleanor M. Reynard Tatakis, 93, of Holmes Beach died Nov. 29 of lingering complications from a 2010 surgery. Mrs. Tatakis […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, Feature, News
Restaurant-reality TV show lands resort deal in HB
by Amy V.T Moriarty | Be the first to comment
The marquis reads, “Opening in Holmes Beach” and on a television near you. At a time when restaurants and bars […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, Feature, News
It’s beginning to look a lot like …
The 2020 Christmas season kicks off, as in the past, with a local Small Business Saturday sale. Shoppers, many in masks, selected their holiday plants Nov. 28 at Orban’s Nursery in northwest Bradenton, where the grower held its traditional, annual Poinsettia Sale. Also, the nursery, 9601 Ninth Ave. NW, will operate a Monday-Friday market through the end of the year, opening 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Islander Courtesy Photo
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, Featured Image, News
Hurricane season ends with records set
by Lisa Neff | Be the first to comment
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season ended Nov. 30, with a record-breaking 30 named storms and 12 landfalling storms in the […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, Feature, News
Person dies after fall from preserve tower
A person died Nov. 25 after falling from a lookout tower in Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton. The Manatee County […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News, Police
Investigation continues after child struck by vehicle
The Florida Highway Patrol continued to investigate more than a week after a 9-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News, Police
Coronavirus cases climb in Manatee County
The number of coronavirus cases in Manatee County is on the rise. Out of 953,000 confirmed cases in Florida since […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News
Anna Maria cements parking reductions on north end
by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Anna Maria’s proposed parking reduction is now a part of city code. City commissioners voted 4-0 Nov. 24 to approve […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News
2 arrested for trespassing in Bradenton Beach
Bradenton Beach police arrested Bradenton residents Brandon Scott, 20, and a 15-year-old Nov. 20 at the Tortuga Inn, 1325 Gulf […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News, Police
County backtracks, grants $450,000 to anti-hunger program
by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Manatee County pivoted on its plan to write checks to the Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program from pandemic relief money. […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News
Mask Up Manatee! urges safety during holidays
The Mask Up Manatee! Coalition is encouraging people to continue to take COVID-19 prevention measures throughout the holiday season. The […]
Category: 12-02-2020, Community, News
Top Notch Prized winnings
Prized winnings
Katy Roadman of Holmes Beach, winner of The Islander’s 2020 Top Notch photo contest, collects her prize package at the newspaper office. Roadman one a “More-than-a-mullet wrapper” T-shirt as a finalist and then the grand prize, which included $100 from The Islander and gift certificates from contest sponsors, including Slim’s Place, Island Coffee Haus, Restless Natives, Mr. Bones BBQ and Cremesh European Restaurant. Roadman won with a night photo of her children playing on the beach. Islander Photo: Bonner Joy
The Islander’s 2020 Top Notch photo contest launches
The Islander’s Top Notch contest begins anew. The contest celebrates what still is known as the “Kodak moment,” despite the […]
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Sports
Key Royale golf, horseshoes lead the week of sports
by Kevin P. Cassidy
The Key Royale Club hosted a “Welcome Back Scramble” Nov. 21 for returning winter friends, with 59 members teed up […]
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Sports resume at center, KRC, pits after tropical washouts
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Runner impresses in return to racing, Eta delays some sports
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Fishing
Anna Maria Island mourns loss of local fisherman, surfer
by Capt. Danny Stasny
The fishing community of Anna Maria Island was rocked by the death Nov. 19 of our dear friend, Michael “Sol […]
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Winds hold fishers nearshore in Gulf, bays for best catch
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TS Eta dampens fishing a few days, then the bite takes off
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Streetlife
Streetlife – 12-02-2020
Anna Maria Nov. 11, Gulf of Mexico, found watercraft. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a […]
Classifieds
The Islander Classifieds: Wednesday, Dec. 02, 2020
ITEMS FOR SALE CAR ROOF RACK: Easy install, black, like new, $80. 941-920-2494. SHIP’S WHEEL TABLE: Capt. J. Lindroth original […]