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Commission discusses Tingley Library’s future

May 28, 2025 – Leslie Lake
May 7, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Hope remains for residents purchase of Pines Trailer

Pines residents can use paid parking lot – for now

BRADENTON BEACH – The attorney for the owners of the parking lot at the Pines Trailer Park said residents who pay their rent may continue to use the lot for free while the city commission considers t…
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April 21, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Permit fee waiver extended in Bradenton Beach

Permit fee waiver extended in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners unanimously approved an extension of the waiver of permit fees for storm-damage related repairs until July 17. City Building Official Bill Palmer gave an update…
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April 21, 2025
By Leslie Lake
CRA board discusses initiating new projects

CRA board discusses initiating new projects

BRADENTON BEACH – Proposed state legislative bills that would prohibit new projects for Communi­ty Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) after Oct. 1 prompted Bradenton Beach CRA members to identify several…
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April 14, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Tourist tax funds allocated to dock repair

Tourist tax funds allocated to dock repair

BRADENTON BEACH – Commissioners unanimously approved an agreement with Manatee County on April 8 for tourist tax money to be used to repair and modify the city’s floating dock structures. “This is f…
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April 8, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Treasured architectural designer passes away

Treasured architectural designer passes away

BRADENTON BEACH – Emily Anne Smith, the architectural designer who helped transform Bridge Street into what it is today, has passed away. According to close friend and longtime office administrator…
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March 25, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners consider temporary shelter ordinance

Commissioners consider temporary shelter ordinance

BRADENTON BEACH – At the March 20 commission meeting, commissioners considered Ordi­nance 25-563, which would allow hurricane-impacted homeowners to place a temporary shelter – an RV or trailer – on…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Pines residents question seawall cap permitting

Pines residents question seawall cap permitting

BRADENTON BEACH – Some Pines Trailer Park residents are questioning whether permits exist for a seawall cap built in 2024 at the park that they say may have acted as a dam during the 2024 hurricanes…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Drift-In owners granted temporary use permit to reopen

Drift-In owners granted temporary use permit to reopen

BRADENTON BEACH – Six months after Hurricane Helene and subsequent permitting obstacles shuttered the doors to the Drift-In, the Bridge Street bar will reopen, at least temporarily pending city revie…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Pines residents served demand for payment notices

Pines residents must pay

BRADENTON BEACH – Some Pines Trailer Park residents who withheld lot rental payments following last year’s hurricanes were served with demand for payment notices on March 17. The notices required eit…
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March 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach assists Wildlife Inc.

Holmes Beach assists Wildlife Inc.

HOLMES BEACH – The city of Holmes Beach donated $5,000 to the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center Inc. to assist that non-profit organization’s ongoing hurricane recovery efforts. In Februa…
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