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Former Mayor Bill Shearon loses life to cancer

Aug 23, 2020 – Joe Hendricks
August 10, 2020
By Cindy Lane
AMI’s sewage pipe in good shape, county official says

AMI’s sewage pipe in good shape, county official says

Could Anna Maria Island find itself in the same situation as Longboat Key, with a sewer pipe leak in the Intracoastal Waterway? The sole sewer line serving Longboat Key, which runs under Sarasota…
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August 3, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Pastor and state representative challenge county mask mandate

Pastor and state representative challenge county mask mandate

BRADENTON – Representing Pastor Joel Tillis, attorney and state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Clermont) announced this morning that a lawsuit has been filed challenging Manatee County’s mandatory face-cov…
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August 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane
COVID-19 claims friend of Turtle Watch

COVID-19 claims friend of Turtle Watch

BRADENTON BEACH – Morning beachgoers saw Marie Donahue walking the beach nearly every day, finding sea turtle tracks and enjoying the shorebirds, the dolphins and the Gulf of Mexico. Suzi Fox was…
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August 3, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Turtle nesting down on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – As sea turtle nesting winds down this season, nesting statistics are down from last year’s record of 544 nests to 332 nests. Among the possible reasons – COVID-19. When the…
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August 1, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria Commission rejects Ugly Grouper pier lease offer

Commission rejects Ugly Grouper pier lease offer

Updated Aug. 3, 2020 – ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria City Commission has rejected Ugly Grouper LLC’s offer to lease the city-owned restaurant and bait shop buildings on the new City Pier. Thursday n…
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July 27, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
County Commission adopts mandatory mask resolution

County Commission adopts mandatory mask resolution

UPDATED July 27 at 11:15 p.m. – MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County now has a mandatory face-covering resolution in place. On Monday, county commissioners voted 4-3 in favor of adopting and implementi…
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July 27, 2020
By SUN contributor

Permit parking approved in Holmes Beach

HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners voted three-to-two to pass an ordinance enacting permit parking in some residential neighborhoods west of the city’s main roadway corridor. The discussion featured one…
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July 20, 2020
By Joe Hendricks

City officials question ‘Make a Break For It’ ad

BRADENTON BEACH – City officials expressed concerns about an advertisement the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) recently ran in the Miami Herald that encouraged south Floridians to…
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July 12, 2020
By Cindy Lane

Beach renourishment begins

The 5.5-mile, $17.3 million Anna Maria Island beach renourishment project is underway as of last week, beginning at 78th Street North in Holmes Beach and traveling south to the end of the Island at L…
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July 12, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
School board members question the legality of reopening order

School board members question legality of reopening order

MANATEE COUNTY – Education officials differ on whether schools must reopen for in-person learning in August as recently ordered by Florida Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Richard Corcoran…
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