ANNA MARIA -- Converting single family homes into vacation rentals is a problem in the city of Anna Maria. The Anna Maria Commission said Wednesday the practice is damaging the quality of life for ...

There's no shortage of charming, laid-back places to stay on or near Anna Maria Island on Florida's Gulf Coast, whether your looking for a waterfront resort or a beachy cottage. Here are just a few of ...

Anna Maria resident Amy Tripp likes vacation rentals, but when it comes to regulating them, she wants it to remain local. So when a bill was filed in the Florida Senate by Sen. Greg Steube that ...

Island visitors leave behind rowdy crowds, high-rise condos and Starbucks. ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. -- "Please be sweet and rinse your feet," hand-painted signs over troughs of water outside rooms at ...

Saturday. Check-in day. Check-out day. The day when longtime residents confront everything they don’t like about the new Anna Maria Island. Next week’s tourists arrive while last week’s depart.

Anna Maria Island, that seven-mile stretch of beautiful white-sand beaches, lively seafood restaurants and tiki bars (some of them literally perched on the sand), fishing piers, souvenir shops and mom ...