By Sara Kennedy, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Apr. 22--HOLMES BEACH -- A request for $4,400 for the "Trolley Up" program, which is designed to encourage ridership on the free beach trolley, was swatted away without fanfare Monday by the Tourist Development Council.

By The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Mar.

By Tiffany St. Martin and Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jan. 9--MANATEE -- Coming off two of its driest years on record, the Manatee-Sarasota area could see things get worse before they get better.

By Carl Mario Nudi and Natalie Neysa Alund, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Dec. 7--HOLMES BEACH -- A Bradenton Beach man is being held without bond on charges stemming from Wednesday's shootings on Anna Maria Island.

By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Nov. 26--BRADENTON BEACH -- A Sarasota man died in a boating accident in open waters in the Gulf of Mexico off Bradenton Beach on Sunday afternoon.