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Sep 5, 2021 – Jason Schaffer
May 30, 2021
By Monica Simpson
Class of 2021: AME friends stick together through high school

Class of 2021: AME friends stick together through high school

HOLMES BEACH – For decades, the “Little School by the Bay” has seen Island area students walk through the doors at the end of fifth grade to brave the world beyond Anna Maria Island, only to return w…
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May 16, 2021
By SUN contributor

City denies Center funding

HOLMES BEACH – In what’s proved to be a controversial decision, commissioners voted to deny The Center of Anna Maria Island a financial contribution from the city. The decision was a split one wit…
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April 19, 2021
By SUN contributor
Horses gallop onto CME agenda

Horses gallop onto CME agenda

BRADENTON – The horses ridden in the waters off the side of the Palma Sola Scenic Highway made their way back onto the agenda for the Corridor Management Entity’s April meeting and were a point of co…
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April 6, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
County says Piney Point crisis is “under control”

County says Piney Point crisis is “under control”

PALMETTO – County and state officials believe they now have the Piney Point crisis under control. During today’s 4 p.m. press conference, acting County Administrator Scott Hopes said, “This has be…
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April 4, 2021
By Tom Vaught
Worshippers brave cold sunrise service

Worshippers brave cold Easter sunrise service

HOLMES BEACH – More than a thousand people braved chilly temperatures at Manatee Beach to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at the 56th Annual Easter Sunrise Service. The annual event was…
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February 10, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
COVID Ribbon Memorial to honor those lost

COVID Ribbon Memorial to honor those lost

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria resident, photographer and artist Cathy Tobias and others are creating a public art installation that memorializes Floridians who lost their lives to COVID-19. Those lives…
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January 24, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Legislators again seek state regulation of vacation rentals

Legislators again seek state regulation of vacation rentals

ANNA MARIA – Florida Sen. Manny Diaz (R-Hialeah) and Florida Rep. Jason Fischer (R-Jacksonville) are once again trying to take away local governments’ ability to regulate vacation rentals and vacatio…
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January 15, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Search continues for sunken trawler’s oil storage tank

Search continues for sunken trawler’s oil storage tank

ANNA MARIA – About 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel have been removed from the hull of the commercial shrimp trawler that recently sank offshore of Anna Maria, but concerns linger regarding a still-missi…
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January 11, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Shipwreck debris removed, fuel containment and salvage efforts continue

Shipwreck debris removed; fuel containment, salvage efforts continue

ANNA MARIA – The cleanup of the shipwreck debris field along the Anna Maria shoreline is mostly complete. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three commercial fishermen from a 70-foot commercial fishing…
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January 9, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Coast Guard rescues three commercial fishermen near AMI

Fishermen rescued; fuel, debris spilled near AMI

ANNA MARIA – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a 70-foot commercial fishing vessel that took on water and ran aground Friday evening in rough seas two miles west of Anna Maria Island…
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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting