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FDEP inspects Aqua’s mangrove trimming, results remain unknown
Community News, Manatee County

FDEP inspects Aqua’s mangrove trimming

May 2, 2022 – Joe Hendricks
January 30, 2022
By SUN contributor

Commissioners plan for county meeting

HOLMES BEACH – City and county commissioners are preparing for a face-to-face meeting tentatively scheduled for March, and Holmes Beach commissioners are getting their talking points in order for dis…
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November 19, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
County commissioner assisting families displaced by fire

County commissioner assisting families displaced by fire

BRADENTON – District 3 Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge is leading the efforts to assist 16 families recently displaced by an apartment building fire. The fire occurred at the Aar…
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October 23, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
Red tide cleanup efforts earn park operations manager tourism award

Red tide cleanup earns park manager tourism award

BRADENTON – Through his hard work and dedication to the cleanup effort during this year’s red tide outbreak in Manatee County, Carmine DeMilio was awarded the first-ever Outstanding Contribution to T…
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August 25, 2021
By SUN contributor

COVID-19 booster shot available

MANATEE COUNTY – If you have a compromised immune system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you have a booster, or third dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine. To help keep immu…
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August 2, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
County administrator addresses third COVID-19 staff fatality

County administrator addresses third COVID-19 staff fatality

MANATEE COUNTY – A third county employee has died of COVID-19 related symptoms and 41 county employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since early May, according to County Administrator Scott Hopes…
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July 18, 2021
By Jason Schaffer
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Island Grill employee faces child pornography charges

HOLMES BEACH – A Manatee county resident and employee of the Island Grill has been arrested by Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies and charged with 26 counts of possession of child pornography, a felon…
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July 4, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Baugh reaches settlement in public records lawsuit

Baugh reaches settlement in public records lawsuit

BRADENTON – County Commission Chair Vanessa Baugh has reached a settlement with paralegal Michael Barfield regarding the Public Records Act lawsuit Barfield filed in December. On June 19, Baugh si…
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May 18, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Van Ostenbridge, Satcher being reimbursed for attorney fees

Van Ostenbridge, Satcher being reimbursed for attorney fees

UPDATED Monday, May 24, 2021 at 11:40 a.m. – MANATEE COUNTY – County commissioners Kevin Van Ostenbridge and James Satcher will be reimbursed for the attorney fees and legal expenses they incurred as…
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May 9, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Satcher and Van Ostenbridge settle public records lawsuit

Satcher, Van Ostenbridge settle public records lawsuit

MANATEE COUNTY – County Commissioners James Satcher and Kevin Van Ostenbridge have reached a $6,000 settlement with paralegal Michael Barfield in the lawsuit he filed regarding Public Records Act com…
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April 26, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
County moving forward with Piney Point deep injection well

County approves Piney Point deep injection well contractor

MANATEE COUNTY – County commissioners have approved a construction agreement for a deep injection well as part of the efforts to permanently close the Piney Point property. Located in Palmetto, ne…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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