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Center summer sports kick off

ANNA MARIA – The gymnasium at The Center of Anna Maria Island was filled with excitement as the summer sports season started on the Island last Tuesday night. Getting out of the heat, youth indoor soccer kicked off the season on the inside pitch while the adults...

County leaders push for Holmes Beach water taxi stop

HOLMES BEACH – City leaders are willing to consider a water taxi stop in Anna Maria Island’s largest municipality. But they say it will be up to Manatee County leaders to put forth a site plan change for their consideration. The discussion began during commissioner comments at a...

City’s vulnerable areas identified

BRADENTON BEACH – In the second step required by a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) grant to prepare a vulnerability assessment document for the city, a town hall meeting was held at city hall on June 27. Environmental Scientist Associates (ESA) Senior Environmental Scientist Brett Solomon was...

Nesting News

Turtle nests laid: 492 (Record: 544 in 2019) False crawls: 587 (Record: 831 in 2010) Nests hatched: 0 (Record: 453 in 2022) Hatchlings hatched: 0 (Record: 35,850 in 2022) Hatchling disorientations: 0 Adult disorientations: 29   Source: Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring

The three-month sofa

Tomorrow is July 4, a festive day for the country and Anna Maria Island, where small-town vibes and celebrations still happen. Flags flying, parades, fireworks and barbecues will be on full display, but what about the display of your home if you’re planning on selling it soon?...

Resilience Incubator launches

On June 27, I had the pleasure of attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Sarasota for the new offices of Suncoast Waterkeeper and 10 other leading non-profit organizations that are joining forces as a resilience incubator to ramp up their efforts to bring services to Sarasota and Manatee...

FWC offers free program to remove at-risk vessels

CORTEZ – Before an unwanted boat reaches the condition of the abandoned, partially-sunken vessels littering the waters south of the Cortez Bridge, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Vessel Turn-in Program (VTIP) may be the answer for some boat owners. The voluntary program is designed to...

Growing least tern colony vulnerable to fireworks

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring and Audubon Florida remind beachgoers to avoid disturbing nesting shorebirds with fireworks. Setting off fireworks on AMI beaches is illegal, according to local law enforcement officials. Turtle Watch has been monitoring a colony of least terns in...

Pier team discusses Bridge Street improvements

BRADENTON BEACH – A monthly pier team meeting on June 26 at city hall covered a host of topics including feedback about the Gulf Island Ferry, the installation of cameras on the city pier, road closures for the upcoming Sundown Get Down street party and an update...

Second Pine Avenue RFP authorized

ANNA MARIA – As part of a block-by-block implementation strategy, the city of Anna Maria is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for phase 1-B of the Reimagining Pine Avenue brick paver sidewalk installation project. Phase 1-B calls for the installation of new pervious brick paver sidewalks and...

Mayor proposes reduced millage rate

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy proposes lowering Anna Maria’s current 2.05 millage rate to the 1.8245 rollback rate, or lower. The rollback rate is the rate needed to generate the same ad valorem property tax revenues generated during the cur­rent fiscal year, with increased property values producing...

Treehouse owners prep for demolition

HOLMES BEACH – The bells are tolling their last for the beachfront treehouse at Angelinos Sea Lodge as an attorney for the owners has confirmed in court that the structure will be demolished by the end of July. Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Edward Nicholas met with attorneys...

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