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Manatee County School Board extends mask ‘mandate’

Aug 29, 2021 – Jason Schaffer
August 9, 2021
By SUN contributor
City warns property owners of potential structural issues

City warns property owners to inspect structures

HOLMES BEACH – After a balcony fell off a building and residents were evacuated at a nearby condo due to balcony problems, city leaders are warning property owners to be on the alert for structural i…
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August 2, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
Eat elsewhere: Beach Bistro owner to unvaccinated diners

Beach Bistro owner to unvaccinated diners: Eat elsewhere

HOLMES BEACH – While the debate over masks and vaccinations heats up due to the Delta variant of COVID-19, one Island business owner says he doesn’t want unvaccinated customers walking through the do…
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August 2, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
County administrator addresses third COVID-19 staff fatality

County administrator addresses third COVID-19 staff fatality

MANATEE COUNTY – A third county employee has died of COVID-19 related symptoms and 41 county employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since early May, according to County Administrator Scott Hopes…
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July 26, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Red tide causes fish kills, symptoms

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Red tide is not only killing fish in waters around the Island, but people are experiencing the trademark respiratory symptoms associated with the toxic algae. Visitor Jackie Ha…
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July 26, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
FDEP allows beachfront development

FDEP allows beachfront development

ANNA MARIA – In a move that critics label “rogue,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) will allow Fedora Campbell to build a beachfront home seaward of the Coastal Construction…
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July 18, 2021
By SUN contributor
New structural problems in Holmes Beach

Building evacuated due to structural issues

HOLMES BEACH – A four-unit building on Sixth Avenue was voluntarily evacuated on July 15 after a repairman noticed structural issues with the balconies. Building Official Neal Schwartz said that t…
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July 16, 2021
By Sun staff

Sun earns three statewide awards

UPDATED JULY 19, 2021 at 12:39 p.m. – The Anna Maria Island Sun has earned three awards in the 2021 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest. Steve Borggren earned first place in the Ori…
July 16, 2021
By Sun staff

COVID-19 on the rise in Manatee County

Concerns about COVID-19 are on the rise, as downward trends in the disease have begun taking an upturn. The Delta variant, a more contagious and severe form of COVID-19, appears largely to blame. The…
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July 11, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Worst year ever for Florida manatees

MANATEE COUNTY – By July 2 – halfway into 2021 – 841 manatees had died in Florida waters, more than in each of the two worst years in Florida’s history. In 2018, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Cons…
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July 9, 2021
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach building department

Former Island building official last to inspect Surfside condo

HOLMES BEACH – Just hours before the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo collapsed on June 24, former Holmes Beach Building Official Jim McGuinness inspected it. The next day, he told the town c…
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