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Commissioners discuss restructuring building department

Jan 18, 2025 – Leslie Lake
December 9, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
‘Love Shack’ cottage owner staves off condemnation

‘Love Shack’ cottage owner staves off condemnation

BRADENTON BEACH – Another Bradenton Beach homeowner has successfully fought the city’s condemna­tion of his hurricane-damaged home. In November, Bradenton Beach resident Gash Caudill got the conde…
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December 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to paid parking

Pines Trailer Park parking lot converted to public paid parking

BRADENTON BEACH – The park­ing lot for Pines Trailer Park residents at 201 First St. N. has been converted to a public paid parking lot. Signs went up in the past week indicating a pay-by-plate sy…
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December 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Bradenton Beach condemns 25 properties

Bradenton Beach condemns 25 properties

BRADENTON BEACH – City Building Official Darin Cushing has released a list of 25 con­demned properties in the city. It is the only city on Anna Maria Island where properties have been condemned af…
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December 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Bradenton Beach celebrates recovery at Christmas on Bridge Street

Bradenton Beach celebrates recovery at Christmas on Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – The city celebrated its hurricane recovery and the reopening of businesses following the hur­ricanes at Christmas on Bridge Street on Dec. 7. Bridge Street was closed to vehicula…
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December 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Mobile homes likely fall within repair guidelines

Mobile homes likely within repair guidelines

BRADENTON BEACH – Preliminary data from hurricane damage assessments may offer some hope to mobile homeowners at the Pines Trailer Park and Sandpiper Resort Co-op. At a Dec. 4 emergency city commi…
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December 3, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Tingley Library temporarily closed

Tingley Library temporarily closed

BRADENTON BEACH – The Tingley Memorial Library will be closed to the public until late January 2025 and will be used meanwhile for post-hurricane city meetings. “The building is being utilized rig…
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December 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Damage assessments continue in Bradenton Beach

Damage assessments continue in Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – The team of 20 state inspectors of hurricane-damaged properties is expected to be finished with their assessments this week, and the city’s inspector is asking for help replacing th…
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December 2, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Beach restoration planned for 2026

Beach restoration planned for 2026

BRADENTON BEACH – Beach renourishment after Hurricanes Helene and Milton is planned for 2026, city commissioners learned on Nov. 21. “We talked to (Manatee County Director of Natural Resources) Ch…
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November 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Condemnation notice rescinded for Gulf Drive home

Condemnation notice rescinded for Gulf Drive home

BRADENTON BEACH – You can fight city hall, and win. The red condemnation notice on Gash Caudill’s Gulf Drive home has been removed by the city following his appeals for a comprehensive inspection…
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November 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Christmas tree lights up Bridge Street

Christmas tree lights up Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – Just two months after Hurricane Helene’s storm surge pushed piles of sand and debris into the city, a concerted clean-up effort enabled the festive spirit to return to Bridge Street…
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