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May 6, 2024 – Leslie Lake
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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March 25, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners deny bids for paid parking

Commissioners deny bids for paid parking

BRADENTON BEACH – Rather than partnering with an outside vendor as planned, commissioners are now considering city-managed paid parking lots throughout Bradenton Beach. The city had put out a Reques…
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March 20, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Golf cart accident victims say ‘buckle up’

Golf cart accident victims say ‘buckle up’

BRADENTON BEACH – One of the biggest concerns for the Island’s police departments is the use of seatbelts on low-speed vehicles (LSV), commonly referred to as golf carts. After an accident that sent…
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March 20, 2024
By Jason Schaffer

Man arrested for battery on police officer

BRADENTON BEACH – What began as a routine trespass request from the Circle K parking lot at 103 Gulf Drive N. quickly turned to a battery arrest after a suspect threatened officers and allegedly stru…
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March 20, 2024
By Jason Schaffer
Beach House employee killed in Bradenton shooting

Beach House employee killed in Bradenton shooting

BRADENTON – A Manatee High School wrestler and employee of the Beach House Waterfront Restaurant in Bradenton Beach was tragically killed in a March 8 shooting in Bradenton. Manatee County Sheriff’s…
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March 18, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City Park renamed Jan Vosburgh Park

City Park renamed Jan Vosburgh Park

BRADENTON BEACH – The park across the street from city hall, referred to only as City Park, will be renamed after longtime City Commissioner Jan Vosburgh. The discussion of the naming of the beach…
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March 11, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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Commissioners consider more paid parking lots

BRADENTON BEACH – Following their approval to draft a contract with Beach to Bay Investments Inc. for a paid parking lot across from the Public Works Department, commissioners postponed a decision on…
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March 11, 2024
By Leslie Lake
David Bell resigns from CRA board

David Bell resigns from CRA board

BRADENTON BEACH – Following the end of a March 6 Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting during which board member David Bell criticized many of the agency’s methods and policies, Bell handed Ci…
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