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March 6, 2013
By Cindy Lane
Flooded street in Holmes Bea

Flood insurance rising

For vacation homes, second homes and commercial properties, the dam is breaking on flood insurance premiums kept artificially low with subsidies. Premiums could rise up to 25 percent per year for…
December 31, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Portfolio Photography

              First Place Portfolio Photography 2012  
December 30, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Long Bar Pointe

Listen to the people

We are pleased that they saw the wisdom and necessity of saving the mangroves, the seagrass beds and the marine life, and denied the marina proposal. But in approving the rezoning for Long Bar Poi…
December 30, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Paddleboard master

Third Place Sports Photo 2013
December 30, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Soul surfers go to camp

          Third Place Photo Series in One Issue 2013 “Lane had multiple entries that were impressive… she’s consistently a very good journalist with…
August 15, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Beach renourishment set for spring

Tap tourist tax for beach

The beaches are a lot cleaner this week since Manatee County mobilized heavy equipment to rake up seaweed that covered the white sand with a squishy brown blanket. The smelly mess had tourists and…
July 12, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Landscaping project wilts

BRADENTON BEACH – A landscaping project for Bradenton Beach’s gateway area at Cortez Road and Gulf Drive, coordinated by Commissioner Gay Breuler, never made it to a vote last week. Breuler, w…
June 17, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Tropical Storm Debby

          Third Place Photo Series in One Issue 2012        
June 6, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Neighbors, brothers in arms to make Honor Flight

HOLMES BEACH – Rounding the Key Royale golf course, Jim Finn and Dick Rowse talk about things, mostly lousy swings. But one thing they don’t talk about – their military service in World War II…
April 25, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Manatees help scientists do research

Manatees are no dumb bunnies. Hugh Manatee and Buffett, both Mote Marine Laboratory residents, are actually trained. You won’t see them doing flips or singing “Margaritaville,” but they can tou…
March 13, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Decisions, decisions

A white ibis decides where to go next after landing in the street. Second Place Feature Photo 2012  
February 22, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Fishing in Cortez

The future – a memory?

CORTEZ – There is less fishing and more preservation in Cortez these days, but the success of an expanding museum complex and environmental preserve is bittersweet. “We’ve got the Florida Maritime…
February 22, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Cortez net camp - Cindy Lane | Sun

Climate change in Cortez

Last in a series of three CORTEZ – If the state would lift the 1995 ban on gill nets, hearts would leap and boats would launch in the commercial fishing village of Cortez. But there’s no time t…
February 15, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Cortez mullet boat

The village that mullet built

Second in a series of three CORTEZ – The wind is screaming, the Gulf of Mexico is frosted with whitecaps, and it’s so cold the pelicans aren’t even bothering to trail the bouncing mullet boat just…
February 8, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Snapshots of Cortez

CORTEZ – Ask a Cortezian about their village, and stories fly like mullet being tossed into a boat cooler. Here are some snapshots of the Cortez of yesterday – some fond, some funny, some frighten…