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Nov 28, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
November 13, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Man allegedly burglarizes car in front of police

Man allegedly burglarizes car in front of police

HOLMES BEACH – A police investigation of an incident involving leaving the scene of an accident led to an unrelated arrest when a man allegedly burglarized the car involved in the investigation. The…
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November 7, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Holmes Beach officer assaulted by suspect

Holmes Beach officer assaulted by suspect

HOLMES BEACH – A man was arrested for resisting an officer with violence and transported to the Manatee County Jail after injuring a city police officer at a shopping plaza, according to a police rep…
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November 1, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
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Attacker in 2022 Holmes Beach battery sentenced

HOLMES BEACH – After a year and a half, a second attacker in a 2022 battery case has been sentenced to prison. On Oct. 12, Judge Stephen Whyte of Manatee County’s Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court sent…
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October 25, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Holmes Beach man pleads for the return of stolen lighthouse

Holmes Beach resident searches for stolen lighthouse

HOLMES BEACH – A local is asking for the public’s help after a decorative lighthouse that he calls a family heirloom was stolen from his yard. Wayne Giordano, a New York native, brought the lighthous…
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October 24, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Holmes Beach proposes multimodal path to TDC

Holmes Beach proposes multimodal path to TDC

BRADENTON – Holmes Beach Superintendent of Public Works and City Engineer Sage Kamiya was back in front of the Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) at its Oct. 16 meeting. Kamiya appeared…
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October 18, 2023
By SUN contributor
Commissioners discuss eroding wetlands protections

Commissioners discuss eroding wetlands protections

HOLMES BEACH – Despite the recent Manatee County Commission vote to reduce wetland buffers, a city building official says it won’t be as easy as putting a shovel in the ground to build near wetlands…
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October 3, 2023
By SUN contributor
Commissioners consider going vertical in Seaside Gardens

Commissioners consider going vertical in Seaside Gardens

HOLMES BEACH – It’s been more than two months since commissioners first began their discussion on whether or not to allow property owners in Seaside Gardens to raise their ground floor homes above th…
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October 3, 2023
By SUN contributor
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Holmes Beach mayor responds to consolidation threat

HOLMES BEACH – City leaders are making sure that state leaders know where they stand on the idea of consolidating the three Anna Maria Island cities. Prior to an upcoming Manatee County Legislative…
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October 3, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Wanted man found hiding on Holmes Beach roof

Wanted man found hiding on Holmes Beach roof

HOLMES BEACH – In the early afternoon of Sept. 24, Holmes Beach Police Officer Chris Liotti responded to a dispatch call about a possible fraudulent renter with a bad credit card at 210 72nd St. Whe…
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September 19, 2023
By SUN contributor

Holmes Beach Commissioners approve budget first reading

HOLMES BEACH – The city’s new budget and millage rate has received unanimous support from commissioners during an initial public hearing and vote. Despite Commissioner Terry Schaefer’s absence, city…
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