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Moose Lodge hosts kids’ Christmas party
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Moose Lodge hosts kids’ Christmas party

Dec 17, 2025 – Joe Hendricks
December 5, 2023
By SUN contributor
Walking to Bethlehem

Walking to Bethlehem

ANNA MARIA – One of the most anticipated events of the holiday season took to the city’s streets on Sunday evening as dozens of participants came out to Roser Memorial Community Church to take the an…
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November 13, 2023
By Leslie Lake
Christmas tree lighting to spark holiday season

Christmas tree lighting to spark holiday season

BRADENTON BEACH – The Christmas season will be sparked with the illumination of more than 20,000 lights on a 42’ Christmas tree on Saturday, Nov. 18. The Light Up Bridge Street family event from 5…
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October 30, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Moose lodges join forces for kid’s Halloween party

Moose lodges join forces for Halloween party

BRADENTON – The Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge and Bradenton Moose Lodge threw a fun-filled children’s Halloween party on Oct. 28. AMI Moose Lodge #2188 in Bradenton Beach is temporarily closed whi…
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April 10, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
AMI Moose Lodge hosts Easter egg hunt

AMI Moose Lodge hosts Easter egg hunt

BRADENTON BEACH – Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge #2188 in Bradenton Beach hosted its annual Easter egg hunt last Saturday morning. Ninety-six children were registered in advance to participate in t…
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February 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Heritage Day honors Island’s past, present

Heritage Day honors Island’s past, present

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society is hosting its annual Heritage Day celebration on Tuesday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free, family-friendly Heritage Day celeb…
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December 12, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Santa stops in Anna Maria

Santa Stops in Anna Maria

ANNA MARIA – Hundreds of people showed up to visit Santa Claus during the city’s Santa Stops Here event. Public Works Manager Ryan Wieland delivered Santa Claus to the City Pier Park shade…
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November 1, 2022
By Jason Schaffer

Having a boo-tiful Halloween on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – It was a hauntingly good time this Halloween as hundreds of little ghouls, goblins, witches, princesses and even a few superheroes descended upon the Island for the annual Trail o…
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October 31, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
AMI Moose lodge celebrates Halloween

AMI Moose lodge celebrates Halloween

BRADENTON BEACH – Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge #2188 celebrated Halloween with a children’s party Saturday morning and an adult party that evening. The Women of the Moose organized the children’s…
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August 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Family fun happens on Bridge Street

Family fun happens on Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – Art, crafts, food and live music are just some of the things that make the free Thursdays in Paradise a great event for anyone visiting historic Bridge Street on a Thursday evening…
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March 13, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Anna Maria Island now a Monopoly game

Anna Maria Island now a Monopoly game

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Since it was first created 87 years ago in 1935, little has changed in the Monopoly board game. A few game pieces have come and gone, but the properties, which are based on real p…
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