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Great blue herons’ nest in jeopardy

Dec 9, 2020 – Joe Hendricks
December 6, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Sebring appointed to Anna Maria Commission

Sebring appointed to Anna Maria Commission

ANNA MARIA – Doris “Deanie” Sebring is now an Anna Maria City Commissioner. Anna Maria resident Sharon Wisniewski also applied to serve the two-year commission term vacated by Commissioner Amy Tri…
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December 6, 2020
By SUN contributor
Island Chamber starts the holiday season

Island Chamber starts the holiday season

HOLMES BEACH – It’s beginning to look a lot more like Christmas, with the holiday decorations up and the Christmas tree of lights shimmering at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce. Despite a…
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December 5, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Liveaboard boater found dead

Liveaboard boater found dead

BRADENTON BEACH – Liveaboard boater Jerald Joseph Oliver, 60, was found dead and floating in the water at the Bradenton Beach Marina on Wednesday. Oliver’s body was discovered by marina employee A…
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November 30, 2020
By SUN contributor
Parking penalties increasing in Holmes Beach

Parking penalties instituted in Holmes Beach

HOLMES BEACH – If you’re a driver who violates the parking rules in the city of Holmes Beach, beware. There are new penalties in place for violators. City commissioners voted unanimously on Nov. 1…
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November 30, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria formalizes public parking reductions

Anna Maria formalizes public parking reductions

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria’s previous elimination of 88 public parking spaces has been formalized by the adoption of Ordinance 20-877. Thirty-seven of the permanently eliminated parking s…
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November 30, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria commissioner returns from COVID-19 illness

Anna Maria commissioner returns from COVID-19 illness

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria City Commissioner Joe Muscatello has recovered from his recent COVID-19 infection. During the Tuesday, Nov. 24 city commission meeting, Muscatello discussed his COVID exper…
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November 30, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Proposed Coryea termination prompts procedural concerns

Proposed Coryea termination prompts concerns, objections

MANATEE COUNTY – Efforts to fire County Administrator Cheri Coryea have prompted objections and procedural concerns should the commission decide to terminate her from the position. Newly-elected c…
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November 29, 2020
By SUN contributor
WMFR welcomes new commissioner

WMFR welcomes new commissioner

BRADENTON – West Manatee Fire Rescue district commissioners had their hands full at their final meeting of the calendar year. Commissioners welcomed Commissioner Larry Jennis back to the dais for…
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November 23, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
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Bradenton Beach Commission accepts Sunshine Law settlements

Updated Nov. 29, 2020 – BRADENTON BEACH – The city has received a $350,000 settlement agreement payment from former Sunshine Law lawsuit defendants John Metz and Tjet Martin. The city has also rec…
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November 23, 2020
By Cindy Lane

How to do the holidays during COVID-19

Anna Maria Island is a place where families from all over the country – and the world – come to relax and reunite, especially over the holidays. But as the coronavirus pandemic is revving up into…
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