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FDOT: Wrong trees, wrong place

May 28, 2024 – Leslie Lake
May 7, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Woodard leaving Bradenton Beach

Woodard leaving Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – With the city officially announcing the resignation of Public Works Director Tom Woodard at a May 2 commission meeting, it was also announced that Police Chief John Cosby will fill…
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May 7, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Longboat Key officials suggest traffic flow options for Coquina Beach

Longboat Key officials suggest traffic flow options for Coquina Beach

LONGBOAT KEY – Citing a study concluding that the 1.7-mile stretch of Gulf Drive from the Longboat Pass Bridge to Cortez Road is one of the most unpredictable in the region in terms of traffic expect…
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May 6, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City may charge commercial boats to use dock

City may charge commercial boats to use dock

BRADENTON BEACH – The free dockage for commercial vessels at city docks may soon come at a cost. A discussion of the $5,000 cost to replace several floats lost on the floating docks during high surf…
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April 30, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Eighty new coconut palms line Bridge Street

Eighty new coconut palms line Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – Eighty new coconut palms have been delivered and are being planted along Bridge Street. “This will be a big improvement,” Mayor John Chappie said on April 25. “Many of the existing…
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April 30, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Dock floats missing after storm

Dock floats missing after storm

BRADENTON BEACH – Due to strong winds and waves on April 11, several floats on the city’s finger docks went missing and replacement was discussed at a city Pier Team meeting on April 24. “I spoke wi…
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April 8, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Commission denies another parking lot

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners denied a temporary use application for a paid parking lot next to the Gulf Drive Café at an April 4 commission meeting. The application for 900 Gulf Drive N. was…
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April 8, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners deny paid parking lot

Commissioners deny paid parking lot

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners denied an application for a temporary use paid parking lot at 2509 Gulf Drive N. at their April 4 meeting. The application, which stated the property was in an R…
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March 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Temporary paid parking vendors hired

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners considered four temporary use parking permits at the March 21 commission meeting and after much discussion, approved three with stipulations, denying one. Permit…
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March 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Bridge Street traffic, parking among commission concerns

BRADENTON BEACH – In what was an unusually lengthy, seven-hour city commission meeting that began at noon on March 21, commissioners dove into parking and traffic issues, pickleball and organ donatio…
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March 25, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Scaccianoce new Bradenton Beach commissioner

BRADENTON BEACH – Ward 1 has a new commissioner. The application for commissioner by business owner and former Manatee County records manager Deborah Scaccianoce was approved by the commission and s…
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