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Real estate in earthquake mode

Apr 2, 2024 – Louise Bolger
March 20, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Energize your home

When you think of energy you probably think of power used to generate light and heat. But have you ever thought of the type of energy that isn’t physical or chemical, the kind that can’t be seen? Wh…
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March 20, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Surf shop celebrates 60

Surf shop celebrates 60

HOLMES BEACH – Jim Brady’s West Coast Surf Shop is in third place at age 60, with two other Anna Maria Island businesses having been here longer – Irene’s Resort Wear (1956) and Duffy’s Tavern, Bar a…
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March 19, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Gulf Islands Ferries now running five days a week

Gulf Islands Ferries now running five days a week

MANATEE COUNTY – The Gulf Islands Ferry service will expand service to five days a week beginning Wednesday, March 20. Featuring stops at the City Pier in Anna Maria, the Bradenton Beach Pier and…
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March 18, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Bunny & Pirates Bazaar to close soon

Bunny & Pirates Bazaar to close soon

CORTEZ – The closing of Bunny & Pirates Bazaar is imminent, but not by the choice of owners Elizabeth Shore and Jeffrey O’Connell. The news of the closing was announced by the two business own…
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March 12, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Declutter, depersonalize, clean

After perusing what I like to consider my very organized database of columns, I realized it’s been some time since I wrote about getting your house ready for sale. Since we are dead in the middle of…
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March 5, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Winter of the big freeze

You should have warmed up from the unusually cold Florida winter. Now the question is, has the housing market unfrozen? The entire country has been gripped in an exceptionally cold and stormy winter…
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February 27, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Are mortgage rates really going down?

Did we ever think this day would arrive? Those in the know kept saying rates will be better next year, and this is finally next year, and by golly, it appears they were right. Since nothing is ever t…
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February 26, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Hemp, CBD regulations to be revisited

Hemp, CBD regulations to be revisited

ANNA MARIA – The mayor and city commission plan to review and potentially amend a city ordinance that prohibits the sale of hemp and CBD products. Hemp is a cannabis plant that contains 0.3% or le…
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February 19, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Insurance premiums painful

There are few things related to the real estate industry that I can’t figure out. That may sound like an overabundance of hubris, but what it is, is decades of experience and mind-bending research. T…
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February 14, 2024
By Louise Bolger

In love with luxury

Happy Valentine’s Day! Every year this day is put aside for the lovers of the world and the greeting card companies. But this year, deep-pocket lovers have even more to be in love with, since luxury…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting