Dispute leads to tolls, traffic lights for canal boaters

CORTEZ – Boaters can expect one-way navigational patterns in the privately-owned Hunters Point canal, with some having to pay automated tolls to use it. Canal...

Paid parking coming to Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – City officials soon will begin negotiating with Easy Parking Group owner Josh LaRose to create a paid parking program on city-owned...

Whitmore reflects on election results

HOLMES BEACH – Holmes Beach resident Carol Whitmore’s tenure as a Manatee County commissioner will end in November. Seeking a fifth term in office, Whitmore...

Hunters Point files complaint against Cortez Village Marina

CORTEZ – The Cortez Village Marina ownership group is named in a new complaint that alleges the marina is being operated without a state-issued...

Proposed food truck regulations stalled

ANNA MARIA – City officials are pumping the brakes on their efforts to create a designated food truck area at the northwest end of...

Joe Hendricks

Correspondent Joe Hendricks covers Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach. Email