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Structural issues lead to new inspection regulations

Aug 15, 2021 – SUN contributor
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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July 3, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Island building owners warned to investigate structural issues

Island building owners warned to investigate structural issues

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Could a tragedy such as last month’s collapse of the high-rise condominium in Surfside happen here? Some say it could – particularly after a balcony fell off a residence in Hol…
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July 3, 2021
By SUN contributor

Balcony collapses in Holmes Beach

UPDATED JULY 4, 2021 AT 12:24 p.m. – HOLMES BEACH – A balcony fell off a resident’s home last week, causing no injuries but plenty of concern among city leaders about the quality of construction of s…
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