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Mar 19, 2025 – Louise Bolger
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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February 4, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Lipstick on a pig

At the risk of having all of Anna Maria Island and most of Manatee County mad at me, it looks like our current housing market is a bit of a pig. Pigs can be adorable, or they can be nasty, so I hope…
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January 29, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
AMI Chamber awards trolley grants, businesses of the year

AMI Chamber awards trolley grants, businesses of the year

HOLMES BEACH – The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce awarded trolley grants to 18 local organiza­tions and announced three business of the year award winners during a ceremony at the Key Royale G…
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January 29, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Diggins, DeRusso join Tourist Development Council

Diggins, DeRusso join Tourist Development Council

MANATEE COUNTY – Anna Maria Island once again has an elected city official serving on the Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC). The last elected Island official to sit on the TDC was for…
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January 28, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Real estate market in uncharted territory

Everyone likes to speculate on what the real estate trends will be going forward. The problem is we are in uncharted territory, so making predictions could be a fool’s errand. What is it that we do k…
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January 27, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Pines owners offer to sell to homeowners for $75 million

Pines owners offer to sell to homeowners for $75 million

BRADENTON BEACH – In a Jan. 27 letter to the Pines Trailer Park Homeowners Association (HOA), Pines Park Investors LLC offered to sell the mobile home park to the residents for $75 million. At that…
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January 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Kaleta seeks Tourist Development Council appointment

Kaleta seeks appointment to Tourist Development Council

MANATEE COUNTY – Anna Maria Island developer Shawn Kaleta is among the seven applicants seeking appointment to the Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC). Kaleta is one of four applicants…
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January 21, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Murphy’s laws in full operation

We’re living through the time of Murphy’s Laws. Murphy’s Laws encompass a series of life’s lessons, all of them meant to be a warning not to get too comfortable with the way things are. Florida resi…
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January 21, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Major development hearing required for Drift-In tiki

Major development hearing required for Drift-In tiki

BRADENTON BEACH – The construction of the tiki hut at the Drift-In is on hold pending further review by the city. City Attorney Ricinda Perry said at a Jan. 16 city commission meeting that a permit…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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