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Planning board supports Drift-In’s major development plan

Apr 7, 2025 – Joe Hendricks
March 25, 2025
By Louise Bolger

It’s the buyers turn

Balance of power is something we usually talk about as it relates to international positioning between powerful nations. Now the phrase is lending itself to the real estate market and the buyers are…
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March 21, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
The birds are back in town

The birds are back in town

HOLMES BEACH – The parrots that live at the Sun and Surf Beach Shop, 5418 Marina Drive, are back at their familiar perch. On Oct. 7, two days before Hurricane Milton struck, the parrots were relocat…
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March 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Pine Avenue liquor store decision delayed

Pine Avenue liquor store decision delayed

ANNA MARIA – City commis­sion approval of a special use permit to operate a package liquor store at 501 Pine Ave. has been delayed for at least two weeks. Ryan Quigley and Jake Parsons hope to open…
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March 19, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Tax relief on the beach

It’s tax time again and tax time is never fun, but this year could be particularly not fun. In view of the 2024 storms, this tax filing season could be quite a bit different in addition to the normal…
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March 11, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Time for a kitchen redo

I don’t know about you, but I’m just now getting my condo back in pre-Milton shape. It took five months and there are still a few jobs to finish up, not to mention the dust that has settled in the cr…
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March 3, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Life-changing events can reset priorities

To say that a combination of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton less than two weeks apart changed the lives of everyone on Anna Maria Island and most of the coastal areas of Manatee County would b…
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February 26, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental registration fees increased

Vacation rental registration fees increased

ANNA MARIA – The City Com­mission unanimously established the occupancy-based annual vacation rental registration fees that take effect on April 1 and remain in place through March 31, 2026. Adopted…
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February 26, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Everything is negotiable

About a month ago, we talked about being in uncharted territory as it relates to the real estate market. Not much has changed for the better in the last month and the statistics for January will conf…
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February 18, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Expenses increasing for homeowners

The day you close on your home, whether it’s your first or fifth, is always a happy day – almost as happy as the day your mortgage commitment is approved – but that’s just the beginning of homeowners…
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February 10, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Public speaks out in favor of Drift-In reopening

Public speaks out in favor of Drift-In reopening

BRADENTON BEACH – Despite approval for the tiki hut construction at the Drift-In by recently-terminated Building Official Darin Cushing, the city has put the project on hold and determined that a maj…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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