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Proposed charter amendments won’t eliminate supra-majority votes
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Proposed charter amendments won’t eliminate supra-majority votes

Jun 6, 2022 – Joe Hendricks
May 14, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Police warn of ‘fresh towel’ scam

Police warn of ‘fresh towel’ scam

BRADENTON BEACH – Police are warning unsuspecting visitors of a possible scam. A group visiting from Illinois was staying at a rental unit on Avenue A in Bradenton Beach when a tan-colored late-1990…
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May 9, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Incident sheds light on city’s policing challenges

Incident sheds light on city’s policing challenges

BRADENTON BEACH – A recent incident involving a stolen car, a stolen gun and a skirmish brought residents and police to city hall to tell commissioners about fear and inadequate funding. On April…
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May 8, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Residents request end of expanded outdoor seating

Residents request end of expanded outdoor seating

BRADENTON BEACH – Restaurant seating areas that expanded to sidewalks and parking lots because of the COVID-19 pandemic may be disappearing. During general public comment at the May 5 Bradenton Be…
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April 13, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Tram operator asked to focus on beach parking spaces

Tram operator asked to focus on beach parking spaces

BRADENTON BEACH – The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) members want the CRA-funded Old Town Trams to serve more people who park in the Manatee County-owned parking spaces at Cortez Beach and Coqu…
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April 11, 2022
By Joe Hendricks

New charter review committee forms

BRADENTON BEACH – The City Commission has appointed a new charter review committee and term limits for elected officials could be one topic for discussion. Commissioners approved the committee app…
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April 10, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Moose kids enjoy Easter egg hunt

Moose kids enjoy Easter egg hunt

BRADENTON BEACH – Kids swarmed onto the beach at the Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge Saturday for the annual Easter egg hunt searching for 1,000 brightly colored plastic eggs. Upon arrival at Moose…
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April 3, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Second bike thief busted in Bradenton Beach

Second bike thief busted in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – Levi Oxendine, 22, of Bradenton, was arrested on March 30 for the theft of two bicycles – one that he was riding, and the other that he had on the handlebars. Oxendine was riding…
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March 27, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Annie Silver looking at busy spring

Annie Silver Center looking at busy spring

BRADENTON BEACH – The Annie Silver Community Center has been a fixture in this community for more than 70 years, and 2022 is off to a great start, continuing the tradition of offering events for memb…
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March 27, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Shoreline project no longer includes concrete wall

Rocks beat out concrete in shoreline project

BRADENTON BEACH – City officials have made significant changes to the plans for a shoreline resiliency project along Bay Drive South from the south side of the Bradenton Beach Pier to Fifth Street So…
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March 27, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Busted in Bradenton Beach

Busted in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – Police lights and the sound of helicopter blades woke residents early last Saturday morning as a driver blew past a Holmes Beach Police Department officer in the 2800 block of Gulf…
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