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The Islander Newspaper E-Edition: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

1 week ago | islander.org | Bonner Joy

The Islander Newspaper E-Edition: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Welcome, Readers! The Anna Maria Islander e-Edition is free for a limited time due to the Hurricanes in 2024. Here is this weeks e-Edition
HBPD makes DUI arest

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Casey Adt, 32, June 3 on a second-degree misdemeanor charge for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. An officer stopped a motorist, later identified as Adt, without a functioning license plate lights around 2:39 a.m. in the 3000 block of Avenue C. Also, the plate was expired.
City pier grill owners unsure about renewing lease

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

The Anna Maria City Pier might have a new tenant on the T-end by the time it reopens. Brian Seymour, a managing member of GSM Partners LLC, the company operating the City Pier Grill & Bait Shop, asked city commissioners June 12 to authorize Mayor Mark Short to renegotiate the terms of their lease for the T-end space. GSM Partners is comprised of Seymour, the owner of the Pine Avenue General Store; Victor Mattay, owner of Dips Ice Cream; and Nick Graham, owner of Pine Avenue Bait and Tackle.
HBPD arrests robbery suspect

1 week ago | islander.org | Bonner Joy

Holmes Beach police arrested Bradenton resident Denzel Cuevas, 19, June 10 in connection with a robbery with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony in Florida. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office identified Cuevas as a person of interest in a June 10 robbery of a convenience store on Honore Avenue in Sarasota. The suspect was described by a witness and said to be carrying an AR-15 rifle. He allegedly demanded money from the cashier, then fled the scene.
HB planners discuss building green

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

The city of Holmes Beach has plenty of blue waters but not enough green buildings. City officials are hoping to change that. Planning commissioners June 4 discussed potential code to incentivize green building. Green building refers to the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout the life cycle of a building, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Prepping for the tour

1 week ago | islander.org | Lisa Neff

On your marks, get ready, wait. The Sea Turtle Conservancy plans to outfit a loggerhead with a tracking device early Monday, June 23, for its annual Tour de Turtles, but for race-watchers the official competition doesn’t begin until Friday, Aug. 1. Of course, while we’re waiting for the Tour de Turtles marathon officially to get underway in August, AMI’s entry will just go on doing what adult female loggerheads do — swimming, nesting and such.
Public comment sparks Key Royale speed tables debate

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

The proposed installation of three speed tables on Key Royale Drive has proven controversial. Holmes Beach resident Marykate Scott’s public comments at a June 10 Holmes Beach Commission meeting sparked a debate on the dais about the planned traffic-slowing measure. In April, the commission voted 4-1 to approve a work order that included the installation of three 3-inch-high speed tables in the 500 block of Key Royale Drive to address longtime concerns about speeding.
No beach holes passes in HB, up for discussion in AM

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

Manatee County’s codes for beach etiquette may soon be reflected across Anna Maria Island in one way or another. Over the week of June 9, the cities of Anna Maria and Holmes Beach both held readings for proposed ordinances that would mirror county code involving holes dug on the beach and the tools people use to dig them. The county currently prohibits both metal shovels and holes deeper than a foot on its beaches, but its code only covers the county’s public beaches, such as Manatee Public Beach.
Fire district wins vacation rental assessment lawsuit

1 week ago | islander.org | Ryan Paice

A challenge to the West Manatee Fire Rescue District’s ability to assess vacation rentals as commercial properties has failed. 12th Circuit Judge Edward Nicholas filed a final summary judgment May 29 in favor of WMFR on both counts and against the plaintiff, Holmes Beach-based C&D Properties of AMI LLC, which is owned by islander Lawrence Chatt, broker for Island Real Estate of Holmes Beach.
MCSO, HBPD arrest man for DUI

1 week ago | islander.org | Lisa Neff

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Taylor Cope, 33, of Casselberry, June 7 on a second-degree misdemeanor charge for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. A Holmes Beach police officer stopped a motorist who accelerated into an island median in the 3800 block of East Bay Drive and briefly went airborne around 1:24 a.m.The driver, Cope, appeared to be intoxicated and a dui investigation took place.