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Mar 2, 2020 – Louise Bolger
February 11, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Jason Sato tops county real estate rankings again

Jason Sato tops county real estate rankings again

ANNA MARIA – For the fifth consecutive year, Sato Real Estate’s Jason Sato was the top real estate agent in Manatee County in 2019 in combined total sales and listing volume. Duncan Real Estate ow…
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February 11, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Mote request trimmed

BRADENTON – Mote Marine Laboratory’s request for $5 million in Manatee County tourist tax funds was met on Monday with a recommendation to spend $1.25 million over 25 years instead. The Manatee Co…
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February 11, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Wish You Were Here

New tourism campaign: ‘You’ll be back’

BRADENTON – “You’ll be back.” That’s the new message that Manatee County tourism officials will be sending to visitors, the Tourist Development Council (TDC) learned Monday. The county’s curren…
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February 11, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Credit scores have new meaning

Just when you think your credit score is safe, you get pulled back in and find out you may not be as safe as you thought. If you have anxiety about your creditworthiness you have yet another reason t…
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February 3, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Let’s all just take a breath

How would you feel lounging on your deck overlooking the shining waters of the Gulf of Mexico and reading this headline: “As seas rise, your coastal home in Florida could lose value by 15% by 2030?”…
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February 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Beach umbrella

Tourist tax collections 2019

Here’s a look at tourist tax collections in Anna Maria Island’s three cities. Numbers reflect the approximate change from the same month in the previous year. 2019 tourist tax collections compared t…
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January 27, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Broken record analysis

It seems like every other week or so I’m writing about the influx of new residents to Florida from high tax areas of the country. Forgive me if I sound like a broken record, but I’m not the only one…
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January 21, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

What does a mortgage broker do?

I’ve talked many times in this space about getting a mortgage for a home and how it is one of the most stressful aspects of purchasing. Many people don’t have the time to contact numerous lenders and…
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January 14, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Fire & Stone preparing to reopen

Fire & Stone preparing to reopen

CORTEZ – The owners of the Fire & Stone pizzeria on Cortez Road hope to reopen their restaurant as early as this week. When reopened, the renovated Fire & Stone restaurant will feature the…
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January 14, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate winter

It’s winter in southwest Florida and although we talk a lot about beach, road and Publix congestion, we really do love visitors to the Island. We, of course, would love them even more if the visitors…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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