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Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, Business

Fifteen non-profits receive trolley grant awards

Jan 31, 2023 – Jason Schaffer
December 28, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Building for rent, not sale

The American dream of single-family home ownership, according to certain builders and financial wizards who are paid to know these things, is on the decline. Well, maybe not a decline but certainly a…
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December 20, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Do you need a mortgage button?

The tradition of a mortgage button is a little scrimshaw button mounted atop a stairway’s newel post, as a symbol the mortgage was paid off. This is something I saw for the first time on Nant…
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December 12, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

How big is too big?

Sometimes what seems like a great idea may not be in the long run. Kind of like that Jaguar you had to have when you were 18; it looked pretty, but it was always in the expensive foreign car…
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December 6, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Family, finance and Pearl Harbor

Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day, memorializing the attack on our Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. I’m sure there are many people who still live on Anna Maria Island who will either r…
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November 30, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Are there any houses without flaws?

“A mark, fault or other imperfection that mars a substance or object.” That, my friends, is the definition of a flaw. If you think you can find a house that doesn’t fit this description, you’…
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November 24, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Let’s talk turkey

So, after the turkey is consumed, the pies are half gone and the dishwasher is running its first load, it’s time to talk turkey. And what’s everyone’s favorite dinner conversation – real esta…
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November 24, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Wicked Cantina expansion requires code interpretation

Wicked Cantina expansion requires code interpretation

BRADENTON BEACH – The Planning and Zoning Board supports Wicked Cantina owner Michael Dolan’s request to permanently expand his existing outdoor seating area, but another public hearing by th…
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November 14, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Ian didn’t stop tourism, it’s boosting it

Ian didn’t stop tourism, it’s boosting it

BRADENTON – The latest tourism statistics shatter the numbers from pre-COVID 2019, according to Anne Wittine, of Tampa-based Research Data Services, Manatee County’s tourism consultant. Wi…
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November 14, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Zoom towns

They call them “Zoom towns” because so many of the new residents are working remotely and have given up their city and suburban lifestyles for a more relaxed environment in smaller communities. It’s…
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November 7, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Is the Earth moving under homeownership?

As I’m reading that mortgage rates have topped 7% for the first time in 20 years, I can’t help wondering how all the events of the past two years will affect homeownership. As the affordability of pu…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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