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Apr 27, 2020 – Louise Bolger
April 5, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Home is where the disinfectant is

By now you should be getting to know your house really well, its assets and its defects, and it sounds like you’ll have a lot more time to make those assessments. Point is your home is you and your f…
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March 30, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

April real estate fools

Well here we are; it’s April 1st, April Fools’ Day, and most of us are camping out in our homes while some of the best spring weather is outside our doors. Fortunately, this is Florida and you can st…
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March 27, 2020
By SUN contributor
Local businesses lend a hand to the community

Local businesses lend a hand to the community

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Local businesses are reaching out a helping hand to community members amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnie’s Beach Café, at 5360 Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, is offering free brea…
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March 22, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Just tell me what you want

Remember the movie, “What Women Want” with Mel Gibson about 20 years ago? He suddenly acquired the ability to read women’s minds, not men’s minds, just women. There are real estate professionals out…
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March 16, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Million-dollar homes and curb appeal

Three months pass by really quickly. Just think about where you were three months ago mid-December; wrapping Christmas gifts, planning a New Year’s Eve party, getting your heating system checked for…
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March 15, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Beach Rafts 2

Coronavirus may be increasing tourism

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – While COVID-19 is causing canceled cruises, the shutdown of Disney World and widespread anxiety about venturing far from home, it may also be causing an unexpected uptick in Islan…
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March 9, 2020
By SUN contributor

Harrington House closes its doors

HOLMES BEACH – After 31 years, the owners of the Harrington House Beachfront Bed and Breakfast in Holmes Beach will say goodbye to their final guests May 1. The bed and breakfast has been a favori…
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March 9, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate in the time of coronavirus

Last week I wrote about a seller’s market, which we are in at this moment in time. I cautioned about sellers not getting too smug about the value of their property, and how markets can turn on a dime…
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March 3, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental bills appear to be dead

Vacation rental bills appear to be dead

TALLAHASSEE – Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy and City Commission Chair Carol Carter flew to Tallahassee Monday morning, March 2, planning to address the Florida Senate Rules Committee regarding proposed…
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March 2, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Commission pledges $5 million in tourist funds to Mote

BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners have committed $5 million in Manatee County tourist tax funds to Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota County for marketing over the next five years. Mote, wh…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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