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How to do the holidays during COVID-19

Nov 23, 2020 – Cindy Lane
September 21, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Airbnb suspends rental listings at ‘party houses’

Airbnb suspends rental listings at ‘party houses’

BRADENTON BEACH – Airbnb has announced a crackdown on “party houses” throughout Florida that includes suspending Airbnb listings for an unknown number of vacation rentals in Bradenton Beach. “As a…
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September 20, 2020
By SUN contributor
MPO unveils long range transportation plan

New bridges, roundabouts in AMI’s future

MANATEE COUNTY – Work is finally done on the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) long-range transportation plan and it lists some big changes for Anna Maria Island. New rou…
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September 14, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
State's reopening order of little consequence to Island bars

State’s reopening order of little consequence to Island bars

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) decision to allow Florida bars to reopen at 50% capacity Monday is not expected to have an impact on Anna M…
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August 31, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Churches excluded from county’s face covering resolution

Churches excluded from county’s face-covering mandate

MANATEE COUNTY – Churches and all other houses of worship are now excluded from the mandatory face-covering provisions included in a recent Manatee County resolution. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, county c…
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August 17, 2020
By SUN contributor
Repairs on tap for local boat ramps

Repairs on tap for local boat ramps

MANATEE COUNTY – Members of the Palma Sola Scenic Highway Corridor Management Entity (CME) met Aug. 12 and discussed what’s going on with the two boat ramps on Manatee Avenue West. Liza Click with…
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August 11, 2020
By SUN contributor
Remembering Priscilla Seewald

Remembering Priscilla Seewald

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Priscilla Seewald may be gone but she’s left behind the positive impact she made on not only her community but also the people in it. Seewald passed away on July 22 and was hon…
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August 11, 2020
By SUN contributor
Center reports positive end of year results

Center reports positive end of year results

ANNA MARIA – It was a rough fiscal year for The Center of Anna Maria Island but the nonprofit managed to close the year June 30 with $8,761 in net income, only $945 short of the budgeted $9,706. T…
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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 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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