HOLMES BEACH – City leaders are working to keep property taxes as low as possible despite property values increasing an estimated 11.8%. To do that, they’re planning to keep the millage rate at 2.05 mills for the coming fiscal year and cut expenses from the proposed 2024-25...
PALMETTO - Prompted by a 2021 lawsuit by multiple conservation groups, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has agreed to allow more oversight of discharges from the Piney Point phosphate facility.
The settlement agreement also establishes enforceable limits on pollution discharged into Tampa Bay and provides for...
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island commuÂnity is coming out in supÂport of Mackenzie Morgan, Jonathan Anasis, their 3 1/2-month-old son, River Anasis, and their young daughter, Vayda Anasis.
On July 13, the Rise Up for River Benefit: A Community Rally for Hope and Healing event took...
HOLMES BEACH – City elected officials are discussing with Manatee County tourism officials whether to add a Gulf Island Ferry stop in Holmes Beach.
Currently, Manatee County’s contracted ferry service stops in downtown Bradenton, the Anna Maria City Pier and the Bradenton Beach Pier, with an additional stop...
MANATEE COUNTY – During a recent Supervisor of Elections debate, candidate James Satcher refused to acknowledge he’s usÂing Anthony Pedicini as his political consultant.
Manatee County Commission candidates Kevin Van Ostenbridge and Ray Turner are also utilizing the campaign consulting services of Pedicini and his Tampa-based Strategic Image...
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July 18, 1 p.m. – City Commission budget meeting
July 18, 2 p.m. – City Commission meeting
July 24, 9 a.m. – Planning and Zoning board meeting
July 25, 5 p.m. – City Commission budget...
Wednesday, July 17
One-on-one Tech Help, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 2 p.m.
Sharks and rays conservation research, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 2 p.m.
Thursday, July 18
One-on-one Tech Help, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, 10 a.m.
Wild About Wildlife, Island Branch...
Realtor.com is part of my everyday life. I check it for new listings, sold listings, open houses and sometimes just to look at the pictures on what may be an otherwise slow day.
Sometimes I even learn something I didn’t know, like their recent story about the 10...
Taking care when we release fish we don’t intend to keep has never been more important. While most anglers are aware that fish populations are vulnerable and not the endless resource we once thought them to be, shrinking habitats and fish populations make the process all the...
ANNA MARIA – More than 100 beachgoers saw an uncommon sight when a nesting loggerhead sea turtle laid her eggs during the day on June 26, the second daytime nesting in a week.
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers posted photos and the following on...