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February 8, 2012
By Cindy Lane
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A century of Cortez

First in a series of three The Cortez commercial fishing village celebrates three milestones this year – the 100th anniversary of its incorporation, the founding of its school 100 years ago, and t…
October 12, 2011
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: No bones about it; jellyfish bad news

They have no backbone, no brains and no heart, which is probably why a jellyfish can sting the living daylights out of you without missing a beat. It was a box jellyfish – not the sharks that she…
August 17, 2011
By Cindy Lane

Dogs just want to have fun

LONGBOAT KEY – A Longboat Key dog owner has started a movement to allow dogs on the beach, drawing more than 100 supportive e-mails in less than a month. “We have a beautiful public beach that is…
January 26, 2011
By Cindy Lane

‘GWTW’ fans will love ‘Moonlight’

ANNA MARIA – Should Hollywood give the people what they want or what they need? It’s a serious undercurrent in the laugh-out-loud comedy, “Moonlight and Magnolias” at The Island Players through Fe…
December 30, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Commission chair tells tourism agency of problems

HOLMES BEACH – As the Manatee County Tourist Development Council applauded a report of record tourism on Monday and approved adding $500,000 to the county’s $2.6 million tourism marketing budget, Hol…
December 30, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines

          Third Place Portfolio Photography 2011
December 15, 2010
By Cindy Lane
Holmes Beach Coyote

Teeth bared at Cortez coyote workshop

CORTEZ – Coyote activists, cat lovers, bird advocates and residents grieving over pets killed by coyotes occasionally bared their teeth at each other last week at an educational workshop on how to li…
December 3, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Robert J. Ellison Memorial Award

          Second Place Portfolio Photography Robert J. Ellison Memorial Award 2010             &n…
November 24, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Octopi and golf balls – a perfect match

It doesn’t surprise John Labash to pull yet another stone crab trap out of the Gulf of Mexico and find an octopus has gobbled up his profits. He just bags the octopus and sells it to Bell Fish Co…
November 3, 2010
By Cindy Lane
Sabine Musil-Buehler butterfly memorial

Musil-Buehler mystery persists

HOLMES BEACH – Her favorite holiday, Halloween, has just passed, and Election Day, Nov. 4, marks two years since anyone has reported seeing Haley’s Motel co-owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. Her disappe…
October 27, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Roots in the water

CORTEZ – Like the mangroves that line local shorelines, Manatee County’s historic roots are in the water, and the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez is bringing two chapters of local history to life…
August 25, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Locals headed for Cocoa surf contest

A surfing tradition started by Anna Maria Island native twins Rich and Phil Salick will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Labor Day weekend when the air horn blows at the National Kidney Foundation P…
June 23, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Oil spill draws us – and them – close to coast

Since the oil disaster that began on April 20, people are coming to the beach who haven’t popped open an umbrella in months. Regular beachgoers are squeezing more trips into busy weeks. Diehards stay…
December 31, 2009
By Cindy Lane
Port Dolphin

Sand negotiations underway

Manatee County and Port Dolphin Energy are negotiating an agreement to remove sand from the company’s proposed natural gas pipeline path in the Gulf and use it in an early beach renourishment, offici…
December 30, 2009
By Cindy Lane

East of Eden

BRADENTON – The map says it all. A jaw-dropping 200 acres east of the Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton could become one of two things. It could become a golf course, as planned. Or i…