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Commission chair tells tourism agency of problems

Dec 30, 2010 – Cindy Lane
November 3, 2010
By Cindy Lane
Sabine Musil-Buehler butterfly memorial

Musil-Buehler mystery persists

HOLMES BEACH – Her favorite holiday, Halloween, has just passed, and Election Day, Nov. 4, marks two years since anyone has reported seeing Haley’s Motel co-owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. Her disappe…
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October 27, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Roots in the water

CORTEZ – Like the mangroves that line local shorelines, Manatee County’s historic roots are in the water, and the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez is bringing two chapters of local history to life…
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August 25, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Locals headed for Cocoa surf contest

A surfing tradition started by Anna Maria Island native twins Rich and Phil Salick will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Labor Day weekend when the air horn blows at the National Kidney Foundation P…
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December 31, 2009
By Cindy Lane
Port Dolphin

Sand negotiations underway

Manatee County and Port Dolphin Energy are negotiating an agreement to remove sand from the company’s proposed natural gas pipeline path in the Gulf and use it in an early beach renourishment, offici…
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December 30, 2009
By Cindy Lane

East of Eden

BRADENTON – The map says it all. A jaw-dropping 200 acres east of the Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton could become one of two things. It could become a golf course, as planned. Or i…
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November 10, 2008
By Cindy Lane
Karen Bell

Longline ban evokes net ban anniversary

CORTEZ – As fishermen from nearby states pull into town with their boats in tow for the annual battle over lucrative mullet roe, Cortez fishermen are reminded of the war they lost 15 years ago this w…
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December 30, 2007
By Sun staff

Community Service

            First Place Community Service 2008
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December 30, 2003
By Cindy Lane
Regina commemorative plaque

Molasses barge to become preserve

BRADENTON BEACH – A 1940 wreck off the Bradenton Beach coast is in line to become the state’s 10th underwater archaeological preserve. Third Place Environmental Reporting 2004 The Regina, a m…
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