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New City Pier expected to open in April

Mar 16, 2020 – Joe Hendricks
February 17, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Fishing festival fun

Fishing festival fun

CORTEZ – The 38th Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival was filled with fun last weekend, from live music to pony rides to seafood any way you like it. Warm, sunny weather attracted a large cr…
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February 11, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Wish You Were Here

New tourism campaign: ‘You’ll be back’

BRADENTON – “You’ll be back.” That’s the new message that Manatee County tourism officials will be sending to visitors, the Tourist Development Council (TDC) learned Monday. The county’s curren…
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February 3, 2020
By Joe Hendricks

Vacation rental bills progressing

TALLAHASSEE – Two bills filed by Florida legislators during the 2020 legislative session seek to strip local governments of their ability to regulate vacation rentals. As was the case in recent ye…
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January 27, 2020
By SUN contributor
Pups and owners celebrate dog park opening

Pups and owners celebrate dog park opening

HOLMES BEACH – The construction crews are out and the dogs are in at the new and improved dog park in Holmes Beach, renamed the Holmes Beach Community Dog Park. “This has been a dream,” Mayor Judy…
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January 21, 2020
By SUN contributor
Mayor hands out 2019 city awards

Mayor hands out 2019 city awards

HOLMES BEACH – Mayor Judy Titsworth stepped up Jan. 14 to hand out some very special city awards to members of the community. First up, she presented the 2019 Employee of the Year award to Code Co…
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January 14, 2020
By SUN contributor
Carolyne Norwood – dedicated to Island history

Carolyne Norwood – dedicated to Island history

Contributed by Pat Copeland | Special to The Sun ANNA MARIA – Carolyne Norwood has been the heart and soul of the Anna Maria Island Historical Society since its beginning in 1990, when she and I c…
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January 13, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Bill Robinson honored at preserve

Bill Robinson honored at preserve

To commemorate the life of Bill Robinson, the Robinson family organized a candlelight walk at Robinson Preserve on Monday evening. Robinson was the owner of Robby’s Sporting Goods, co-founder of…
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January 12, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Commission rejects Schoenfelder's pier lease offer

Commission rejects Schoenfelder’s pier lease offer

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria City Commission has rejected Mario Schoenfelder’s final offer to lease the restaurant and bait shop buildings at the end of the new Anna Maria City Pier. The commission…
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January 1, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Doug Copeland named Sun’s Person of the Year

Doug Copeland named Sun’s Person of the Year

ANNA MARIA – Longtime Anna Maria Commissioner Doug Copeland is The Sun’s Person of the Year for 2019. In December, Copeland finished his final term as a city commissioner and ended his decades of…
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December 29, 2019
By Sun staff

2019: The year in review

If you’ve been away from Anna Maria Island for all or part of 2019, here’s what happened while you were out – and if you were here, there’s probably a few things you may have missed, or forgotten. Ta…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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