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Anna Maria honors veterans, spouses

Nov 13, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
November 1, 2023
By Leslie Lake
FISH Preserve opens this week

FISH Preserve opens this week

CORTEZ – The vision that FISH (Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage) members had more than 20 years ago to preserve the environmental integrity of coastal land on Sarasota Bay has come to fruitio…
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October 30, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Chiles Hospitality loses a dear friend

Chiles Hospitality loses a dear friend

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Retired Chiles Group Chief Financial Officer Martha Wright passed away on Oct. 20. Martha retired a few years ago and in recent years experienced some lingering health issues…
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October 30, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
FDOT receives input on Cortez Road study

Residents offer input on Cortez Road study

BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently hosted a workshop seeking community input on the development of a Cortez Road corridor vision and action plan. The Oct. 18 work…
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October 24, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
City purchasing leased annex building

City purchases leased annex building

ANNA MARIA – The city is buying the building and property at 307 Pine Ave. for $1 million to relocate the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office substation. For the past several years, the city has leased…
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October 24, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
County approves ferry agreements with cities

County approves ferry agreements with cities

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Manatee County Commission approved an interlocal agreement that allows the Anna Maria City Pier to serve as a Gulf Island Ferry stop. Approved on Oct. 10, the agreement requi…
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October 24, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Memorial honors domestic violence victim

Memorial honors domestic violence victim

HOLMES BEACH – In 2012, Holmes Beach resident Jamie Kimble was murdered at a Tampa intersection during an act of domestic violence. She was shot by an ex-boyfriend, who took his own life a short tim…
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October 18, 2023
By Leslie Lake
Manatees could again be classified as endangered

Manatees could again be classified as endangered

MANATEE COUNTY – Following petitions from environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) says that reclassifying Florida manatees from a threatened to an endangered species may be jus…
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October 18, 2023
By SUN contributor
Commissioners discuss eroding wetlands protections

Commissioners discuss eroding wetlands protections

HOLMES BEACH – Despite the recent Manatee County Commission vote to reduce wetland buffers, a city building official says it won’t be as easy as putting a shovel in the ground to build near wetlands…
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October 18, 2023
By Leslie Lake
First wastewater pond closed at Piney Point

First wastewater pond closed at Piney Point

PALMETTO – The environmentally unstable Piney Point phosphate processing site is moving towards closure with the completion of work on the first of four wastewater collection ponds, according to the…
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October 10, 2023
By Leslie Lake
County commissioners vote to reduce wetland buffers

County commissioners vote to reduce wetland buffers

BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners reduced wetland buffers in a 5-1 vote on Oct. 5, defaulting to the less restrictive state of Florida minimums from more restrictive county standards. Buffers…
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