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February 23, 2016
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May 17, 2017
By Tom Vaught
Manatee County Library Sunshine For Your Mind

Book club meets

The Friends of the Island Branch Library Book Club meets on Thursday, May 18, at 10:15 a.m. to discuss “West with the Night,” by Beryl Markham. For more information, call the library at 941-778-6341.
March 16, 2017
By Tom Vaught
Thing One and Thing Two

Teachers honor Dr. Seuss

Anna Maria Elementary School second-grade teachers Sandy Fisher and Maggie Payne celebrated Dr. Seuss’s 104th birthday Thursday, March 2, by dressing as characters in his children’s books. The author…
March 16, 2017
By Tom Vaught
School daze

Start your child early with voluntary pre-kindergarten

Parents who have children who will be four years old by Sept. 1 and who would like their child to attend a free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program at a public school for the 2017-2018 school year may…
March 3, 2017
By Tom Vaught
Counterfeit money

Second case of ‘funny money’

HOLMES BEACH – For the second time this year, a counterfeit bill has appeared on Anna Maria Island. According to employees at Cupcake Delights, a customer came into the shop at 3324 East Bay Drive…
February 15, 2017
By Tom Vaught
hurricane

Weatherman says be prepared

Mike Clay held the interest of the packed-house audience at the Friends of the Island Library’s Travel and Lecture Series on Thursday, Jan. 12. With a mixture of weather science and humor, he spok…
August 31, 2016
By Tom Vaught

Soggy Monday Blues

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