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May 10, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Green turtle swimming free after hospital stay

ANNA MARIA – Shoshi, a juvenile green sea turtle, is swimming free in Tampa Bay after a successful rehabilitation and release Thursday morning, May 10 at Bayfront Park. A fisherman found the turtl…
May 8, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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Manatee numbers down from 2017

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) counted 6,131 manatees in Florida waters in surveys this winter, down 489 from the record 6,620 manatees counted last year. From the air…
May 2, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Guthrie net camp

Guthrie denies DEP allegations

CORTEZ – Raymond Guthrie Jr. denies all but one of the 21 allegations in the state’s order to tear down the net camp he built in Sarasota Bay off the fishing village of Cortez last summer. The Flo…
May 1, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Turtles dig the dark

Turtle season is on! From now until Halloween, residents and visitors to Anna Maria Island’s Gulf front and Bay front properties can help threatened nesting and hatching loggerhead and green sea t…
April 24, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Beach hole

Holes on beach dangerous to people, turtles

Holes on the beach are no longer accidents waiting to happen. Two children recently got trapped in a hole that they dug on the beach, Manatee County beach raker Mark Taylor said. A man jumped in…
April 17, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Tourism safety

Resident calls on tourism officials to address safety

HOLMES BEACH – Resident Nancy Deal challenged tourism officials on Monday to address pedestrian deaths and other safety issues created by thriving tourism on Anna Maria Island. Noting the recent d…
April 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Fire hits West Coast Surf Shop

Updated April 16, 2018 HOLMES BEACH – A fire caused an estimated quarter million dollars in damage to the iconic West Coast Surf Shop, 3902 Gulf Drive, the afternoon of Sunday, April 15, but every…
April 12, 2018
By Cindy Lane
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Combustible flare closes portion of beach

Updated April 13, 2018 ANNA MARIA – A naval flare that washed up on the beach on Wednesday, April 11, injuring a beachgoer, prompted city officials to close the beach between Cedar and Willow aven…
April 11, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: The press goes back to school

Remember that elementary school game where you sit in a circle and you whisper something to the person next to you, and they whisper it to the person next to them, and by the time it makes it around…
April 9, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Guthrie net camp

County supports Guthrie net camp

CORTEZ – The Manatee County Commission has voted to support Raymond Guthrie Jr. in his fight to keep the net camp structure he built in Sarasota Bay last year on what he says is submerged land where…
April 5, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Coquina Beach

New beach law has little effect on AMI

Updated April 6, 2018 TALLAHASSEE – A new Florida statute has some beachfront property owners around the state jumping at the prospect of keeping the sand all to themselves, and some beachgoers ar…
April 5, 2018
By Cindy Lane
LifeLines: Boating safety

LifeLines: Boating safety

Please be safe while boating or riding personal watercraft! Boating tips Wear your life jacket. Attach a Personal Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (PEPIRB) to your life jacket…
April 5, 2018
By Cindy Lane
LifeLines: Stingray shuffle

LifeLines: Do the stingray shuffle

If you’re wading in the Gulf of Mexico, be on the lookout for the mild-mannered fish gliding in shallow water or partially buried in the sand. Do the “stingray shuffle” and shuffle your feet to avoid…
April 5, 2018
By Cindy Lane
LifeLines: Rip current

LifeLines: Stay calm in a rip current

A rip current is a fast-moving, narrow channel of water that can move either along the shoreline or away from shore, taking swimmers with it. If you get caught in a rip current, stay calm and don’…
April 5, 2018
By Cindy Lane
LifeLines: Diving and snorkeling

LifeLines: Diving and snorkeling

Divers and snorkelers should use a divers-down flag or buoy to alert boaters to the presence of people under the water’s surface. Vessels must stay at least 100 feet away from a divers-down flag o…