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Dec 23, 2024 – Joe Hendricks
December 16, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria ‘Rings in the Recovery’

Anna Maria ‘Rings in the Recovery’

ANNA MARIA – The first of two city-sponsored “Ring in the Recovery” events drew residents and visitors to Pine Avenue on Saturday afternoon. A second “Ring in the Recovery” event is scheduled on S…
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December 16, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Moose lodges host Christmas party for kids

Moose lodges host Christmas party for kids

BRADENTON – Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge #2188 and Bradenton Moose Lodge #1223 teamed up to bring holiday joy to area children on Dec. 14. As was the case with the AMI lodge’s annual kid’s Hallowee…
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December 9, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
‘Love Shack’ cottage owner staves off condemnation

‘Love Shack’ cottage owner staves off condemnation

BRADENTON BEACH – Another Bradenton Beach homeowner has successfully fought the city’s condemna­tion of his hurricane-damaged home. In November, Bradenton Beach resident Gash Caudill got the conde…
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December 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to paid parking

Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to public paid parking

BRADENTON BEACH – The park­ing lot for Pines Trailer Park residents at 201 First St. N. has been converted to a public paid parking lot. Signs went up in the past week indicating a pay-by-plate sy…
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December 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Bradenton Beach condemns 25 properties

Bradenton Beach condemns 25 properties

BRADENTON BEACH – City Building Official Darin Cushing has released a list of 25 con­demned properties in the city. It is the only city on Anna Maria Island where properties have been condemned af…
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December 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Mobile homes likely fall within repair guidelines

Mobile homes likely within repair guidelines

BRADENTON BEACH – Preliminary data from hurricane damage assessments may offer some hope to mobile homeowners at the Pines Trailer Park and Sandpiper Resort Co-op. At a Dec. 4 emergency city commi…
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December 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Damage assessments continue in Bradenton Beach

Damage assessments continue in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – The team of 20 state inspectors of hurricane-damaged properties is expected to be finished with their assessments this week, and the city’s inspector is asking for help replacing th…
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December 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Christmas comes to Bridge Street on Saturday

Christmas comes to Bridge Street on Saturday

BRADENTON BEACH –Christmas on Bridge Street on Saturday, Dec. 7 will bring food, music and a celebra­tion of the city’s hurricane recovery to its main shopping district. “We’re having Christmas on…
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December 2, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Octogenarians survive Hurricane Helene ordeal

Octogenarians survive Hurricane Helene ordeal

BRADENTON BEACH – Ohio residents and childhood friends Dick Kuhlman and Nancy Schrier, both in their early 80s, are thankful they survived the Hurricane Helene storm surge that destroyed Kuhlman’s be…
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December 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Beach horse trailer involved in collision

 Beach horse trailer involved in collision

BRADENTON – A Nov. 29 collision involving a Florida Beach Horses trailer left two people and seven horses injured and one horse dead. Florida Beach Horses posted the fol­lowing on its Facebook pag…
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