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Canal-related residential dock dispute lingers on
Community News, Cortez

Canal-related residential dock dispute lingers on

Apr 8, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
January 10, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez Bridge meeting scheduled

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…
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December 28, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Honoring Dr. Mary Fulford Green

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CORTEZ — Imagine a Cortez village where the fishing bungalows and working fish houses have been replaced by high-rise condos and a 140-year history is left unrecorded.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…
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November 1, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Cortez Village Historical Society seeks board members

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…
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October 10, 2022
By Leslie Lake

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…
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September 5, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Dispute leads to tolls, traffic lights for canal boaters

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…
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August 29, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Hunters Point files complaint against Cortez Village Marina

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…
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August 22, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Hunters Point canal hearing continues

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…
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August 16, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Judge rules in favor of FDOT in Cortez Bridge challenge

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…
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August 1, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Canal-side homeowners served summons in Hunters Point lawsuit

Canal-side homeowners served summons in Hunters Point lawsuit

CORTEZ – Several property owners along a privately-owned canal are planning their response to a lawsuit filed against them by Hunters Point developer Marshall Gobuty and his Cortez Road Investments a…
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July 18, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Slicker, Rotary of AMI continue fundraising efforts for Ukraine

Slicker, Rotary of AMI continue fundraising efforts for Ukraine

CORTEZ – A partnership between Slicker’s Eatery owner Bob Slicker and the Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island to raise money to buy supplies for the people of Ukraine will continue into the foreseeable…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting