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Mar 20, 2024 – Cindy Lane
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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February 14, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Year in Review: Tourism

Tourist tax collections reveal mixed results in AMI’s cities

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tourism in the city of Anna Maria was up in all 12 months of 2023 over 2022, according to tourist tax collection statistics from the Manatee County Tax Collector’s Office. The Is…
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February 5, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Condominium disclosures a different animal

There are loads of different animal species in the world and although some are part of the same group, like mammals, they still have differences within their group. This is the same with real estate…
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January 29, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Tourist tax subsidizes Gulf Islands Ferry service

Tourist tax subsidizes Gulf Islands Ferry service

ANNA MARIA – After launching on Jan. 14, Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry service is now operating three days per week. The county contracts with Clearwater-based Gulf Coast Water Taxi LLC to ope…
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January 29, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Chamber awards trolley grants

Chamber awards trolley grants

CORTEZ – More than a hundred people packed the Seafood Shack’s Neptune Room on Jan. 25 for the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce’s latest Business Card Exchange, which featured the annual Trolley…
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January 29, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Disclosure vital in ‘stigmatized’ property sale

You may think in the land of sunshine, surf and sand there can be nothing defined as stigmatized. Maybe not, since the word can mean different things to different buyers. The National Association of…
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January 29, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Year in Review: Tourism

Tourism numbers slip in November

MANATEE COUNTY – Research Data Services’ Ann Wittine presented her state of tourism update to the county Tourist Development Council (TDC) on Jan. 22, comparing tourism in November 2023 to the same m…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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