Cortez
February 7, 2023
Cortez Bridge meeting highlights updated replacement plans
BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted a public information meeting to provide new details about the pending Cortez Bridge replacement project.
The informal set…
January 17, 2023
Pilings placed in Hunters Point canal
CORTEZ – Seven new wooden pilings have been placed in the privately-owned Hunters Point canal near the canal-side entrance to the Cortez Village Marina.
Installed last week, the pilings ha…
January 10, 2023
Cortez Bridge meeting scheduled
CORTEZ – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host a public information meeting for the pending Cortez Road bridge replacement project.
FDOT’s in-person presentation is scheduled o…
December 28, 2022
Honoring Dr. Mary Fulford Green
CORTEZ — Imagine a Cortez village where the fishing bungalows and working fish houses have been replaced by high-rise condos and a 140-year history is left unrecorded.
Dr. Mary Fulford Green, a l…
November 1, 2022
Cortez Village Historical Society seeks board members
CORTEZ – The Cortez Village Historical Society (CVHS) is putting out a call for new board members interested in helping preserve the rich history of the commercial fishing village.
The gro…
October 10, 2022
Local fishermen help those devastated by Ian
CORTEZ – The local commercial fishing community has mobilized to help their southern counterparts following the devastation from Hurricane Ian.
The Organized Fisherman of Florida (OFF) Cortez chap…
September 5, 2022
Dispute leads to tolls, traffic lights for canal boaters
CORTEZ – Boaters can expect one-way navigational patterns in the privately-owned Hunters Point canal, with some having to pay automated tolls to use it.
Canal access will remain free for canal-sid…
August 29, 2022
Hunters Point files complaint against Cortez Village Marina
CORTEZ – The Cortez Village Marina ownership group is named in a new complaint that alleges the marina is being operated without a state-issued environmental resource permit or is being operated in v…
August 22, 2022
Hunters Point canal hearing continues
CORTEZ – Potential safety-related compromises were proposed during three days of hearings last week in the ongoing Hunters Point Resort & Marina dock permitting challenge.
The permitting chall…
August 16, 2022
Judge rules in favor of FDOT in Cortez Bridge challenge
CORTEZ – U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Porcelli has ruled against the four plaintiffs opposing the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) plans to construct a fixed-span bridge between Cortez…













