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January 2, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Sea turtle gallery

Loggerhead and green sea turtles nest and hatch on Anna Maria Island.
January 1, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Cortez fishing village gallery

Related coverage A century of Cortez Snapshots of Cortez The village that mullet built Climate change in Cortez The future – a memory?
November 3, 2023
By Cindy Lane
Film celebrates Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Key West

Film celebrates Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Key West

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Onward! That’s the motto that long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad had imprinted on her teammates’ T-shirts, and on her soul, as she made her fifth attempt to swim 110 miles from C…
March 7, 2023
By Cindy Lane
Flag at Veterans Park, Bradenton

Proposed bill threatens freedom of speech

TALLAHASSEE – As the Florida legislative session opens this week, lawmakers have two companion bills to consider that critics say would remove longstanding constitutional and judicial protect…
January 17, 2023
By Cindy Lane

Smoke, mirrors and AMI’s ‘parking problem’

They make it sound like beach access and parking is the issue, but is it? A four-story parking garage at the county-owned Manatee Beach would exceed the three-story height limit that the city of H…
June 11, 2022
By Cindy Lane

Mary Green: The villager who could, and did

CORTEZ – Residents of the last commercial fishing village in Florida will miss the “matriarch of Cortez,” Dr. Mary Frances Fulford Green, but those who knew her – and many who did not – will benefit…
April 4, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point closure date set

Piney Point closure date set

PALMETTO – The environmentally unstable Piney Point site will be closed by December 2024, according to a plan approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on March 30. One y…
March 21, 2022
By Cindy Lane
More leaks appear at Piney Point

Repairs, questions continue at Piney Point

PALMETTO – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is scrutinizing proposed engineering plans to close wastewater ponds at Piney Point. The agency is requesting more information…
March 14, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Finally, baseball

Finally, baseball

ANNA MARIA – Major League Baseball owners and players have finally settled their collective bargaining agreement, and spring training begins this week, better late than never. In honor of the…
March 6, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Historic Island house saved

Historic Island cottage saved

BRADENTON BEACH – As cottages and bungalows continue to be bulldozed to make room for large-scale vacation rentals, a Welsh couple has preserved a piece of old Anna Maria Island. The 1927 Sea Grap…
February 21, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Dolphin Dash starts with a bang

Dolphin Dash starts with a bang

HOLMES BEACH – The 15th Annual Dolphin Dash 5K and 1-mile fun run on Feb. 19 drew 153 participants from ages 8 to 82 to raise funds for the Anna Maria Elementary School Parent Teacher Organizatio…
January 30, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Work continues to locate, fix Piney Point leaks

Work continues to locate, fix Piney Point leaks

PALMETTO – Workers continue to search for leaks identified last month in a gypsum stack storing contaminated water at the former phosphate plant at Piney Point. Contractors deployed a device last…
January 10, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Woman completes ‘round the island swim

Woman completes ‘round the island swim

HOLMES BEACH – It may be a first. Julie Madison, 34, swam around Anna Maria Island on Dec. 30, traveling 16.8 miles in 67-degree water in about seven and a half hours. It doesn’t officially cou…
January 10, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Florida loses record number of manatees in 2021

Florida loses record number of manatees in 2021

More than 1,100 manatees died in 2021, a record high since the turn of the century, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Brevard County on Florida’s east coast…
January 9, 2022
By Cindy Lane
More leaks appear at Piney Point

More leaks appear at Piney Point

PALMETTO – Three more leaks from an unknown source have emerged in one of the gypsum stacks holding contaminated water at the closed Piney Point phosphate plant. The Florida Department of Environm…

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