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Permit fee waiver extended in Bradenton Beach
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Permit fee waiver extended in Bradenton Beach

Apr 21, 2025 – Leslie Lake
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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March 10, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Palmer lays out timeline for permit backlog

Palmer lays out timeline for permit backlog

BRADENTON BEACH – Bill Palmer, the city’s new building official, began work on March 5 and has laid out a timeline for the order of business as he steps into his new role. “My initial focus as build…
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March 10, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Dates set for hearings on Drift-In application

Dates set for hearings on Drift-In application

BRADENTON BEACH – The per­mitting process is moving forward for the reopening of the Drift-In with hearings scheduled within the next several weeks. The city commission will consider a temporary use…
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March 3, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners appoint vice mayor, CRA leaders

Commissioners appoint vice mayor, CRA leaders

BRADENTON BEACH – The city commission appointed CRA leaders and liaisons to community organizations at its Feb. 20 meeting, and appointed Commissioner Deborah Scaccianoce as vice mayor. “What we hav…
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March 3, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Bradenton Beach permitting issues prompt home rule discussion

Bradenton Beach permitting issues prompt home rule discussion

HOLMES BEACH – The appeals of two Bradenton Beach businessmen frustrated by city permitting issues launched a discussion about home rule, consolidation and steps citizens can take when dissatisfied w…
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February 26, 2025
By Leslie Lake
City considers allowing temporary shelters

City considers allowing temporary shelters

BRADENTON BEACH – The city commission discussed a Florida law at its Feb. 20 meeting that allows hurricane-impacted homeowners to place a temporary shelter, including an RV or trailer, on their resid…
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February 26, 2025
By Leslie Lake
ty, not FEMA, will remove condemned buildings

City, not FEMA, will remove condemned buildings

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners voted to use the city’s Code Enforcement department pro­cess rather than go through FEMA to remove buildings condemned after Hurricanes Helene and Milton if prope…
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