Bradenton Beach
December 5, 2023
Coquina Beach trail improvements delayed
BRADENTON BEACH – Improvements to the Coquina Beach multi-use trail have been delayed.
The trail is a paved path about the width of a city sidewalk that begins at the Longboat Pass parking lot and r…
November 20, 2023
P&Z recommends approval of hotel project
BRADENTON BEACH – It’s all in the hands of city commissioners now.
Following a unanimous recommendation for approval from the city Planning and Zoning Board, the future of a 106-room hotel/resta…
November 20, 2023
Commissioners review hotel project
BRADENTON BEACH – A 6.5-hour city commission public hearing on Nov. 16 for a proposed hotel/restaurant/retail project on Bridge Street and Gulf Drive led to warnings that something more impactful cou…
November 13, 2023
P&Z board approves hotel project
BRADENTON BEACH – In the second Planning and Zoning Board public hearing on a proposed 106-room hotel project, the board today unanimously recommended that Bradenton Beach commissioners approve the p…
November 7, 2023
Bridge Street hotel prompts public opposition
BRADENTON BEACH – A long-awaited public hearing by the Planning and Zoning Board on a proposed 106-room hotel at the intersection of Bridge Street and Gulf Drive South brought an overflow crowd to ci…
October 25, 2023
Community rallies to assist local musician
BRADENTON BEACH – The Rock Extravaganza benefit held at the Drift In on Oct. 15 raised nearly $7,000 for local musician Mack Black.
A $4,000 donation Black received from a Drift In patron before the…
October 17, 2023
Woman hospitalized following raccoon attack
BRADENTON BEACH – A Palm Harbor woman was recently hospitalized after being attacked by raccoons.
Bradenton Beach Police Officer Devon Straight responded to the Oct. 7 incident at the Tradewinds Res…
October 10, 2023
Expert to review ‘big red flag’ in zoning irregularities
BRADENTON BEACH – In what City Attorney Ricinda Perry described as a “concerning situation” at an Oct. 5 city commission meeting, a city building official has determined that several properties in th…
October 4, 2023
New Pines Trailer Park owners double some rents
BRADENTON BEACH – Pines Trailer Park mobile home residents will experience significant rent increases that will take effect Jan. 1, in some cases more than doubling their lot rent, according to a let…
October 2, 2023
Judy Kuhlman had strong ties to Bradenton Beach
BRADENTON BEACH – Longtime Bradenton Beach visitor and homeowner Judy Kuhlman passed away on Sept. 23 at the age of 81.
Judy was born in 1942 in Fremont, Ohio and was laid to rest in the Harris-El…











