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March 17, 2017
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April 12, 2017
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Truly Nolen champs

Truly Nolen closes as season champs

After delays due to weather and school performance conflicts, the championship game in the eight-to 10-year-old youth flag football league was finally played on Monday, March 27. Struggling to make i…
April 4, 2017
By SUN contributor
center baseball

Center honors past with improvements for future

ANNA MARIA — Come out to the old ballgame at the Center of Anna Maria Island. Just in time for baseball season, the rededicated field is sporting new sod, an updated irrigation system and an impro…
April 3, 2017
By SUN contributor
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Holmes Beach wins Bert Harris victory

HOLMES BEACH — Holmes Beach scores one point in the battle between the city and the Bert Harris Act. City leaders received notice March 22 that the court had rendered a final judgment in favor of…
March 24, 2017
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Volleyball

Adult co-ed volleyball back in full swing

After two long seasons with a dark gym and no action on the court, adult co-ed volleyball is back in full swing at The Center. With four teams going head-to-head each Tuesday night, veterans to the l…
March 17, 2017
By SUN contributor
Mary Fulford Green

Saying goodbye to my first best friend forever

Who is your first best friend? I just submitted the obituary for Jerry Guthrie Cross. She was my first best friend.  She is a first cousin – at one time I had 43 of them; I was the 15th and she was t…
March 16, 2017
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Cari Roth

Holmes Beach selects Cari Roth as state lobbyist

HOLMES BEACH — Lobbyist Cari Roth will continue to represent Holmes Beach in the state Legislature to oppose two proposed bills. Holmes Beach commissioners unanimously voted Feb. 28 to approve a c…
March 16, 2017
By SUN contributor
Heritage Day fishing

AMI history comes to life on Heritage Day

ANNA MARIA — People took a step back in time at the Anna Maria Island Historical Society’s Heritage Day celebration. Attendees flocked to the Anna Maria Island Historical Society Museum on March 4…
March 1, 2017
By SUN contributor

FDOT approves Holmes Beach speed changes

HOLMES BEACH — It didn’t take long for the Florida Department of Transportation to respond to Holmes Beach commissioners’ request to return the Holmes Beach speed limit to 35 miles per hour west of t…
February 9, 2017
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach police

Road rage lowers speed limit

HOLMES BEACH — Drivers crossing the Anna Maria Island bridge may have noticed a recent speed limit change. The slowdown going in and out of Holmes Beach via Manatee Avenue isn’t all due to extra t…
February 6, 2017
By SUN contributor
Jean Peelen

Why I marched in the Women’s March

On Saturday, Jan. 21, I traveled to Washington, D.C., where I marched in the Women’s March along with one of my daughters, two of my granddaughters, two old friends (fellow authors of “Saving the Bes…
February 1, 2017
By SUN contributor

Obituary: Judith van Beuzekom

Esther Judith van Beuzekom nee del Campo Hartman Judith van Beuzekom passed away peacefully in her apartment the morning of December 22, 2016. She was surrounded by her four children the last few…
February 1, 2017
By SUN contributor
Letter to the Editor

Rental and homeowner rights

Dear Senator Steube: I am a full time resident of Holmes Beach, a third generation native and owner of the #1 Re/Max franchise in the state of Florida. I state all of that to you in hopes of you u…
October 13, 2015
By SUN contributor

Twister hits Skyway

            First Place Spot News Photo 2015
December 13, 2012
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Perfect landing

            First Place Feature photo 2013    

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