“No swim” signs have been placed around Bean Point Beach following the drowning death of a 20-year-old on Aug. 31. Within the last month, there have been three drownings near Bean Point – two on Aug.

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ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla (SNN) — A popular stretch of Anna Maria Island is now officially off limits to swimmers after two recent deaths and a number of other close calls. City leaders say the move is ...

The bone-white, sugary sand whistles underneath my bare feet as I walk along Bean Point, a secluded broad beach dotted with dunes and tucked away on the northern tip of Anna Maria Island. It’s 7:30 in ...

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Bean Point on Anna Maria Island is pictured in this 2019 Bradenton Herald file photo. Tiffany Tompkins [email protected] A swimmer who went missing off the coast of Anna Maria Island has been ...

A multi-agency search effort is ongoing Monday morning for a swimmer who was swept away by the tide off Bean Point on Anna Maria Island on Sunday. A multi-agency search effort is ongoing Monday ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office has identified a 20-year-old swimmer who drowned off of Bean Point Beach on Sunday. A body later identified as that of Abhigyan Patel had been recovered from the ...

“No swim” signs have been placed around Bean Point Beach following the drowning death of a 20-year-old on Aug. 31. A body later identified as that of Abhigyan Patel was recovered from the water one ...