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Cindy Lane

Cindy Lane

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January 3, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Sing along with the Christmas Bird Count

Sing along with the Christmas Bird Count

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – On the eighth day of Christmas, the Audubon Society counted 12 palm warblers, 11 (plus eight) northern mockingbirds, 10 red-bellied woodpeckers, nine blue-gray gnatcatchers, eight…
December 30, 2021
By Cindy Lane

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December 18, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point closure date set

Piney Point deep well permit approved

PALMETTO – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has issued a permit for Manatee County to build a 3,300-foot-deep well to permanently store wastewater from the Piney Point phosph…
December 5, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Improvements planned at Coquina Beach

Snorkeling trail, other improvements planned at Coquina Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – A snorkeling trail is one of the potential improvements planned at Coquina Beach, commissioners from Manatee County and the Town of Longboat Key learned Wednesday. Other items ta…
November 29, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Cortez post office gets new lease on life

Cortez post office gets new lease on life

CORTEZ – Just in time for the Christmas mailing rush, the fishing village of Cortez is receiving an early holiday gift – its post office will remain open for another five years. The post office, a…
November 28, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Piney Point deep well injection permit on fast track

PALMETTO – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) intends to approve a permit for Manatee County’s plan to inject industrial wastewater from Piney Point into an underground well, a…
November 15, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Piney Point spill critics take aim at sewage dumping

When local waters contain enterococci bacteria, which comes from sewage, The Sun publishes a water quality report listing affected beaches to warn swimmers to stay out of the water. This week, all…
November 8, 2021
By Cindy Lane
November 7, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Manatee County free of red tide

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – For the first time since April, Manatee County – and Sarasota and Pinellas counties to the south and north – are free of red tide, according to Friday’s Florida Fish and Wildlife…
October 23, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Cortez prevails in post office closure

Cortez prevails in post office closure

CORTEZ – A short walk to the post office today was a big victory for residents of the historic fishing village, who fought for and won a reprieve from the federal government on the closure of their p…
October 18, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Red tide level remains high

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – High concentrations of red tide were again discovered last week at the 10th Street Pier in Bradenton Beach for the second week in a row, according to Friday’s Florida Fish and Wil…
October 17, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Turtle rainbow

Turtle season ends with good results

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The 2021 sea turtle nesting season is over on the Island, with the final known nest hatching Thursday, Oct. 14, according to Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitorin…
October 17, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Cortez Post Office going dark

Cortez Post Office going dark

CORTEZ – As the Cortez post office prepares to close Friday, Oct. 22, some residents wonder why the U.S. Postal Service is sending them more than 5 miles to the Palma Sola Branch when there are much…
October 17, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Nesting News

Turtle nests laid: 422 (Record: 544 in 2019) False crawls: 555 (Record: 568 in 2019) Nests hatched: 226 (Record: 447 in 2018) Hatchlings hatched: 15,725 (Record: 35,788 in 2018) Nest diso…
October 11, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Cortez post office closing to residents’ dismay

Cortez post office closing to residents’ dismay

UPDATED OCT. 12, 2021 at 11:35 a.m. – CORTEZ – The Cortez post office will close on Friday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m., leaving residents no choice but to travel about four miles to the Palma Sola branch on 7…

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