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Cindy Lane

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January 11, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Net camp reroofed as suit planned to stop demolition

Net camp reroofed as suit planned to stop demolition

CORTEZ – Karen Bell has directed her lawyer to sue to stay the order to demolish a stilt structure known as a net camp just offshore of her commercial fish house, A.P. Bell Fish Co. After the Mana…
December 30, 2020
By Cindy Lane

That is so AMI

Florida is portrayed in the news as an odd place, where a cigar-chomping man holds an alligator’s jaws open so his dog can break free and a developer relocates protected gopher tortoises in the middl…
November 23, 2020
By Cindy Lane

How to do the holidays during COVID-19

Anna Maria Island is a place where families from all over the country – and the world – come to relax and reunite, especially over the holidays. But as the coronavirus pandemic is revving up into…
November 2, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Turtle rainbow

Nesting News

Turtle nests laid: 349 (Record: 544 in 2019) False crawls: 450 Nests hatched: 289 Hatchlings hatched: 20,237 (Record: 35,788 in 2018) Nest disorientations: 1 Source: Anna Maria Island Tu…
October 26, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Online ‘Tombstone Tour’ a safe Halloween activity

Online ‘Tombstone Tour’ a safe Halloween activity

MANATEE BURYING GROUND – Wondering what to do with your family on Halloween that won’t require handling communal candy during a pandemic? Take an interesting online historical Tombstone Tour of th…
October 25, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Tourism remains down in pandemic

Tourism remains down in pandemic

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The coronavirus pandemic continues to keep out-of-state and international tourists away from Manatee County, but Floridians are still coming, the Manatee County Tourist Developmen…
October 5, 2020
By Cindy Lane

COVID scuttles fishing festival

CORTEZ – The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) board decided unanimously tonight to cancel the 39th annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival next February due to COVID-19. The two-d…
August 24, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Storm coming

Tropical storms Laura and Marco missed Anna Maria Island, but summer storms continue; here, clouds roll towards Jewfish Key, south of the Island in the Intracoastal Waterway.
August 10, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Renourishment pipes on the move

Beach renourishment pipes on the move

HOLMES BEACH – Pipes are being moved this week to set up for the next section of beach scheduled to get new sand in the renourishment project that began in July. The $17.3 million project is desig…
August 10, 2020
By Cindy Lane
AMI’s sewage pipe in good shape, county official says

AMI’s sewage pipe in good shape, county official says

Could Anna Maria Island find itself in the same situation as Longboat Key, with a sewer pipe leak in the Intracoastal Waterway? The sole sewer line serving Longboat Key, which runs under Sarasota…
August 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane
COVID-19 claims friend of Turtle Watch

COVID-19 claims friend of Turtle Watch

BRADENTON BEACH – Morning beachgoers saw Marie Donahue walking the beach nearly every day, finding sea turtle tracks and enjoying the shorebirds, the dolphins and the Gulf of Mexico. Suzi Fox was…
August 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Turtle nesting down on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – As sea turtle nesting winds down this season, nesting statistics are down from last year’s record of 544 nests to 332 nests. Among the possible reasons – COVID-19. When the…
July 29, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Mask requirements on Anna Maria Island

Anna Maria Island’s three cities have differing requirements for wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna Maria Every person working, living, visiting or doing business in the city…
July 13, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Center reopens

The Center of Anna Maria Island reopened on Monday, July 13 after two closures due to COVID-19. Hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.  
July 12, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Beach renourishment begins

The 5.5-mile, $17.3 million Anna Maria Island beach renourishment project is underway as of last week, beginning at 78th Street North in Holmes Beach and traveling south to the end of the Island at L…