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Vacation rental bill lagging in House of Representatives

Feb 19, 2024 – Joe Hendricks
January 9, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Ferry service launches Friday

Ferry service launches Friday

ANNA MARIA – Manatee County’s Gulf Island Ferry service is scheduled to launch and make its first stop at the Anna Maria City Pier on Friday, Jan. 12. The first ferry trip to Bradenton Beach remains…
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January 1, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Police chase on and off the Island ends with crash

Police chase on, off Island ends in crash

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Manatee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested a man after he allegedly battered an Uber driver, stole his vehicle and crashed it into light poles. At about 12:18 a.m…
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December 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
New financial disclosure law impacting AMI governments

New financial disclosure law impacting AMI governments

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Bradenton Beach City Commissioner Jake Spooner has resigned because of the state’s expanded Form 6 financial disclosure requirements that now apply to all Florida mayors and city…
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December 18, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Storm, high tides flood AMI

Storm, high tides flood AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Heavy rains, high tides and storm surge produced localized flooding throughout Anna Maria Island Saturday night and Sunday morning. Shortly after 11 p.m., ABC 7 Chief Meteorolo…
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November 13, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Annexation into Bradenton a consolidation option

Annexation into Bradenton a consolidation option

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth said she was told the city of Bradenton will be included in the Anna Maria Island consolidation study being conducted by the Florida Office of Pr…
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November 7, 2023
By SUN contributor

State orders immediate AMI consolidation study

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Mayors in the three Island cities received a trick on Halloween in the form of a letter from the Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)…
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October 24, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Memorial honors domestic violence victim

Memorial honors domestic violence victim

HOLMES BEACH – In 2012, Holmes Beach resident Jamie Kimble was murdered at a Tampa intersection during an act of domestic violence. She was shot by an ex-boyfriend, who took his own life a short tim…
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October 17, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Rotary Club wraps swimming program

Rotary Club wraps swimming program

BRADENTON – Members of The Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island say their Learn to Swim program was another big success this year. Thanks to fundraising efforts by the Rotary, as well as a $4,000 grant…
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October 10, 2023
By SUN contributor
Lawmakers go silent on consolidation

Lawmakers go silent on consolidation

BRADENTON – The Manatee County Legislative Delegation did not address their plans for a consolidation study of Anna Maria Island cities as expected at an Oct. 5 meeting, the deadline they set for the…
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September 26, 2023
By SUN contributor
Commissioner Kruse hosts Island talk

Commissioner Kruse hosts Island talk

HOLMES BEACH – Only 18 people came out to the Island Branch Library on a stormy Wednesday night to hear what Manatee County Commissioner-at-large George Kruse had to say, but the conversation continu…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting