Skip to main content
SUN contributor

SUN contributor

March 17, 2017
Call The Sun with your story ideas at 941-778-3986, or Email
Email SUN contributor
May 24, 2021
By SUN contributor
WMFR logo

Commissioners vote to increase fire assessment rates

BRADENTON – Property owners in the West Manatee Fire Rescue District in western Manatee County will notice an increase in the fire assessment rate when TRIM notices go out later this year, but it won…
May 16, 2021
By SUN contributor

Letters

Dear Editor, The priest from St. Bernard church started Rosary on the Beach every Wednesday morning at the Café on the Beach in 2000. That is where we met Theresa and Kim Rash. We spent time prayi…
May 16, 2021
By SUN contributor

2021 Atlantic hurricane season names

Each year the World Meteorological Organization releases one of six lists of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. If this year’s names sound familiar, that’s because they were last used…
May 16, 2021
By SUN contributor

State COVID-19 testing sites close

MANATEE COUNTY – The COVID-19 testing site that’s been a fixture in the southwest corner of the Bradenton Area Convention Center parking lot for the past several months is closed. The order to clo…
May 16, 2021
By SUN contributor

City denies Center funding

HOLMES BEACH – In what’s proved to be a controversial decision, commissioners voted to deny The Center of Anna Maria Island a financial contribution from the city. The decision was a split one wit…
May 10, 2021
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach commissioner receives noise warning

Holmes Beach commissioner receives noise warning

HOLMES BEACH – Issues between two neighbors in an attached duplex caught the attention of police when one accused the other of violating the city’s noise ordinance. The neighbor on the receiving end…
May 10, 2021
By SUN contributor

Events

Here’s your local guide to Anna Maria Island events, beaches, parks, preserves, community centers, libraries, chamber happenings and more! Monday, May 10 Prevention Plus health screening, Soiree Ro…
May 9, 2021
By SUN contributor
More fines added to treehouse owners’ tab with Holmes Beach

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear treehouse owners’ case

HOLMES BEACH – The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another legal blow to the owners of the beachfront treehouse at Angelinos Sea Lodge. Owners Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen had appealed to the court to…
May 2, 2021
By SUN contributor
WMFR logo

WMFR board may raise 2021-22 assessment rates

BRADENTON – Rates may be increasing for residents and business owners in the West Manatee Fire Rescue District, but if they do increase, it will only be by 4% for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Commissi…
April 26, 2021
By SUN contributor

WMFR staff celebrates four promotions

BRADENTON – There was a festive atmosphere among the crowd gathered for West Manatee Fire Rescue District’s April board meeting as commissioners and staff celebrated the promotions of four firefighte…
April 26, 2021
By SUN contributor
More fines added to treehouse owners’ tab with Holmes Beach

More fines added to treehouse owners’ tab with Holmes Beach

HOLMES BEACH – Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen are no strangers to having issues with city leaders after having ongoing litigation for nearly a decade over their beachfront treehouse. Now, those issues a…
April 23, 2021
By SUN contributor

Manatee County to close COVID-19 vaccine site

MANATEE COUNTY – With the demand for COVID-19 vaccine first doses lessening, Director of Public Safety Jacob Saur says the county is shutting down its vaccine efforts to focus on the looming hurrican…
April 19, 2021
By SUN contributor
Horses gallop onto CME agenda

Horses gallop onto CME agenda

BRADENTON – The horses ridden in the waters off the side of the Palma Sola Scenic Highway made their way back onto the agenda for the Corridor Management Entity’s April meeting and were a point of co…
April 19, 2021
By SUN contributor
Illuminated sign vote on hold

Illuminated sign vote on hold

HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners are skipping a vote on the city’s new sign ordinance, at least for the time being, while they make allowances for suggested changes by city staff and get legal advice on…
April 12, 2021
By SUN contributor
Parks members set sights on former bank property

Parks committee members set sights on former bank property

HOLMES BEACH – Members of the city’s Parks and Beautification Committee are working on a proposal which, if approved by city commissioners, could create an acre of green space at the city’s commercia…