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December 28, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Commissioner Van Ostenbridge produces call log

Commissioner Van Ostenbridge produces call log

MANATEE COUNTY – County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge has provided paralegal Michael Barfield with a call log that details calls made and received on his personal phone. As the District 3 cou…
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December 28, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Coquina Beach renourishment slated for early 2021

Coquina Beach renourishment slated for early 2021

MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County has a FEMA-funded, county-managed beach renourishment project planned for Coquina Beach in early 2021. The county is also partnering with the Town of Longboat Key o…
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December 23, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Tour boat refueling operations debated

Tour boat refueling operations debated

BRADENTON BEACH – Paradise Boat Tours General Manager Sherman Baldwin questions the county’s request that he no longer refuel his tour boat at the county-owned loading dock near Longboat Pass. The…
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December 21, 2020
By Sun staff

Four Sun staffers win 12 state awards

Four Anna Maria Island Sun staff members have won 12 awards in the Florida Press Club’s 2019 Excellence in Journalism Competition. Political cartoonist Steve Borggren swept the Editorial Cartoonin…
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December 21, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Bright Holiday Lights contest winners celebrated

Bright Holiday Lights contest winners celebrated

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has named four winners in this year’s Bright Holiday Lights decorating contest. On Friday, two winners were announced in the residential category and two winner…
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December 21, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Moose Lodge hosts drive-thru Christmas party

Moose Lodge hosts drive-thru Christmas party

BRADENTON BEACH – Santa, Rudolph the female reindeer and Tommy the Moose were on hand for the Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge’s drive-thru Christmas party. From 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morn…
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December 20, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria resident provides Christmas bikes

Anna Maria resident provides Christmas bikes

ANNA MARIA – Carl Augostini thinks every kid should have a bike, and he spends his own time and money trying to make that happen. Each year, Augostini and Charles Wade team up to provide bikes to…
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December 14, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
City Pier Grill & Bait Shop celebrates opening

City Pier Grill & Bait Shop celebrates opening

ANNA MARIA – The City Pier Grill & Bait Shop is open. Operating at the T-end of the new Anna Maria City Pier, in space leased from the city of Anna Maria, the new grill and bait shop opened at…
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December 13, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Coryea notes and Van Ostenbridge texts shed light on termination efforts

Notes and texts shed light on Coryea termination efforts

MANATEE COUNTY – Private meeting notes and text messages disclosed in a public records request reveal more about County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge’s failed efforts to terminate County Adminis…
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December 11, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Commission abandons Coryea termination efforts

Commission abandons Coryea termination efforts

MANATEE COUNTY – Led by County Commissioner George Kruse, the Manatee County Commission has ended its efforts to potentially terminate County Administrator Cheri Coryea. On Nov. 19, Kruse joined c…
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