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Jun 28, 2020 – Louise Bolger
June 8, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Island celebrates bar reopenings

Island celebrates bar reopenings

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Florida bars reopened Friday and the Anchor Inn in Holmes Beach was the first one on Anna Maria Island to restart its business. Anchor Inn owners Darla and Bobby Tingler hosted…
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June 8, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Bradenton Anna Maria Island Longboat Key

Tourist season’s tax receipts plummet due to COVID-19

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tourist tax collections for March and April reflect the strain that COVID-19 closures had on Anna Maria Island vacation rentals before Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed them to resume bus…
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June 7, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Mortgage forbearance can lead to foreclosures

Sometimes when something looks too good to be true, it is, and this may be one of those times for mortgage forbearance. Just to be clear, the definition of forbearance is a pause, not a termination…
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June 1, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

It’s June – do you know what that means?

Here we are again – the official beginning of hurricane season. But as every Floridian knows, hurricane season is a moving target, as are hurricanes. One week you’re basking in the glow of sunshine a…
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May 23, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Does anyone have a clue what’s going on?

Just like the coronavirus predictions about numbers of infections and deaths have been off the mark, so too are the predictions about the future real estate market. There are a whole range of conflic…
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May 22, 2020
By SUN contributor
Bradenton Anna Maria Island Longboat Key

TDC recommends opening vacation rentals

MANATEE COUNTY – The Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) took the first step on Monday to reopen vacation rentals countywide, including on Anna Maria Island. TDC Chair and Manatee Cou…
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May 17, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

When the real estate market sneezes, it infects everyone

The last thing anyone wants these days is for someone next to you in line at the market, the bank or in our slowly-opening restaurants to sneeze near you. But if the real estate market starts to get…
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May 11, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

What’s bad for New York may be good for Florida

I am a New Yorker, I was born in New York City and worked for 25 years in the city. Until I moved to Florida over 20 years ago, I lived my whole life in either New York City or its surrounding suburb…
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May 4, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Beach reopenings welcomed by most, questioned by some

COVID-19 worse than red tide for tourism

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – COVID-19 has overtaken red tide as tourism’s worst nemesis in Manatee County. For the first time since October 2018, when a persistent red tide was plaguing Anna Maria Island…
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May 4, 2020
By SUN contributor
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Commissioners give relief to local businesses

HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners agreed during an April 28 virtual work session to do away with the fees associated with the city’s business tax receipt program, but only for the coming fiscal year. C…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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