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Anna Maria mayor issues two face mask orders

Oct 2, 2020 – Joe Hendricks
September 21, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
County mask exemption formalized, lawsuit dropped

Church mask exemption formalized, lawsuit dropped

MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County’s COVID-19 face-covering mandate has been formally amended to no longer apply to churches and other houses of worship, and a lawsuit challenging the mandate has been d…
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September 20, 2020
By SUN contributor
Special magistrate to levy fines in October

Rental property owners could be fined in October

HOLMES BEACH – Special Magistrate Michael Connolly is offering one last chance for property owners to come into compliance with his previous rulings on code violations before he levies fines in Octob…
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September 14, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Swordfish Grill delivers hurricane relief supplies

Swordfish Grill delivers hurricane relief supplies

CORTEZ – Swordfish Grill managers Tom Polch, Adam Sears and Bob Slicker delivered a U-Haul trailer filled with donated hurricane relief supplies to the Water’s Edge Gathering church in Lake Charles…
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September 14, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Tour of Lake Charles reveals hurricane damage

Tour of Lake Charles reveals Hurricane Laura’s damage

LAKE CHARLES, LA. – After delivering hurricane relief supplies Wednesday morning to this city hard hit by Hurricane Laura, Swordfish Grill General Manager Bob Slicker and The Sun toured the extensive…
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September 14, 2020
By SUN contributor
Commissioners extend mask ordinance into 2021

Holmes Beach extends mask ordinance into 2021

HOLMES BEACH – After being extended by Mayor Judy Titsworth on a weekly basis three times, commissioners have voted unanimously to extend the mandatory face mask ordinance for a little longer – until…
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September 7, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez community assisting Lake Charles hurricane victims

Cortez community assisting Lake Charles hurricane victims

CORTEZ – The Blessing Bags Project, the Swordfish Grill and the Cortez and Bradenton communities have teamed up to assist with the hurricane recovery efforts taking place in Lake Charles, La. Hurr…
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August 31, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Revised Hunters Point plans increase home size

Revised Hunters Point plans increase home size

CORTEZ – Developer Marshall Gobuty plans to enlarge the homes in the proposed Hunters Point project in Cortez, but will not increase the proposed number of homes, he said. Gobuty, the founder and…
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August 30, 2020
By SUN contributor

Welcome home, Roger

HOLMES BEACH – Roger the mannequin is back home in one piece, and his owner, Maggie Patall, is thrilled. “He’s happy to be home with his community,” Patall said after Roger’s missing limbs were fo…
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August 24, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Storm coming

Tropical storms Laura and Marco missed Anna Maria Island, but summer storms continue; here, clouds roll towards Jewfish Key, south of the Island in the Intracoastal Waterway.
August 23, 2020
By Joe Hendricks

Bradenton Beach confirms COVID-positive employee

BRADENTON BEACH – The city of Bradenton Beach has confirmed that at least one city employee has tested positive for COVID-19. City Clerk Terri Sanclemente said the city will not identify the emplo…
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