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One Particular Harbour’s marina is on the market

Jun 5, 2018 – SUN contributor
May 15, 2018
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

A bridge too far?

What now? After more than two decades of discussions about the pros and cons of a tall, fixed-span bridge connecting the mainland with Anna Maria Island, we’re now getting not just one bridge, but tw…
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May 11, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Bradenton Anna Maria Island Longboat Key

Tourism continues to rise

PALMETTO – For the seventh straight year, tourism is up on Anna Maria Island and the rest of Manatee County, according to the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). In the first quar…
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May 8, 2018
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

A real estate plateau

There is a word that no one who follows an active real estate market wants to hear, and that word is “plateauing.” What does that mean in real estate lingo? It means leveling out rather than breaking…
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May 1, 2018
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

More people and we’re still growing

We’re at the end of our winter season, and as much as I hate to say it, the traffic was worse than ever. I know everyone says the same thing every year, but they’re correct every year. It is indeed w…
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April 24, 2018
By SUN contributor
West Coast Surf Shop fire

Repairs underway at West Coast Surf Shop

HOLMES BEACH – Jim and Ronee Brady are already speeding down the road to recovery after an April 15 electrical fire devastated their business at the West Coast Surf Shop. And now, the community is…
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April 24, 2018
By SUN contributor
Margaritaville hotel

New hotel coming to One Particular Harbour

PERICO ISLAND – A new addition is on its way to the One Particular Harbour development – construction is slated to begin on a hotel and freestanding restaurant in early 2019. In an April 17 press…
April 17, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Tourism safety

Resident calls on tourism officials to address safety

HOLMES BEACH – Resident Nancy Deal challenged tourism officials on Monday to address pedestrian deaths and other safety issues created by thriving tourism on Anna Maria Island. Noting the recent d…
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April 3, 2018
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Home interest rates rising

Easter just passed, and, hopefully, you didn’t put all your eggs in one basket. But what if the United States puts maybe not all of its eggs into one basket, but a pretty large percentage of them…
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March 27, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Side yard trash pickup

New rental regulations in effect

BRADENTON BEACH – City staff is now implementing, enforcing and working out the kinks in the city’s new vacation rental regulations and registration program that took effect March 19. The new rent…
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March 27, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Farmer's market

Farmer’s market on today

Week two of the new Anna Maria Farmer’s Market is underway today until 5 p.m. This week’s market features a second produce vendor and a larger variety of produce offerings than the limited sup…
April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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