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Treehouse owners start new year in court
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Treehouse owners start new year in court

Jan 13, 2020 – SUN contributor
January 2, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Kyle Shell celebration raises funds for daughter

Kyle Shell celebration raises funds for daughter

BRADENTON BEACH – Kyle Shell’s Saturday, Dec. 28 fundraising celebration of life raised $6,074 to help his 17-year-old daughter, Kaya Sage Shell, attend college in hopes of becoming a doctor. Addi…
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January 1, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Doug Copeland named Sun’s Person of the Year

Doug Copeland named Sun’s Person of the Year

ANNA MARIA – Longtime Anna Maria Commissioner Doug Copeland is The Sun’s Person of the Year for 2019. In December, Copeland finished his final term as a city commissioner and ended his decades of…
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December 30, 2019
By SUN contributor
Reef project helps filter local waters

Reef project helps filter local waters

BRADENTON BEACH – A windy, cloudy afternoon didn’t stop the father-son team of David and David Wolff from coming out to the dock behind the Bridge Tender Inn Dec. 20 to install four mini reefs as a p…
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December 29, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
New pier takes shape

New pier takes shape

Updated Jan. 2, 2020 – The Anna Maria City Commission will discuss  Schoenfelder’s final offer at a special city meeting  on Friday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. Schoenfelder, who divides his time between A…
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December 29, 2019
By Sun staff

2019: The year in review

If you’ve been away from Anna Maria Island for all or part of 2019, here’s what happened while you were out – and if you were here, there’s probably a few things you may have missed, or forgotten. Ta…
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December 28, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Pier tenant submits final lease offer

Pier tenant submits final lease offer

ANNA MARIA – Mario Schoenfelder has submitted his final offer for the lease of the restaurant and bait shop buildings being built at the T-end of the new Anna Maria City Pier. Dated Dec. 22 and ad…
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December 23, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Petitioners challenge Cortez Bridge decision

Amended request for Cortez Bridge hearing denied

CORTEZ – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has dismissed with prejudice a second request for a formal administrative hearing regarding FDOT’s plans to someday replace the Cortez Bridge…
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December 23, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Displaced osprey gets a new home

Displaced osprey gets a new home

ANNA MARIA – A displaced female osprey has a new nesting place thanks to the combined efforts of the Lake La Vista Homeowners Association and part-time resident Kay Johnson, Florida Power and Light…
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December 18, 2019
By Tom Vaught
Kids see Santa at Sandbar

Kids see Santa at Sandbar

ANNA MARIA – It was a winter wonderland for around 70 children and their parents at the Sandbar restaurant on Wednesday at the Lawton Chiles Christmas for Kids Party. Sandbar owner Ed Chiles, son…
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December 10, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Kyle Shell remembered…

Kyle Shell remembered…

BRADENTON BEACH – Anna Maria Island lost a larger than life personality when Kyle Shell passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Kyle was 42 when he died peacefully at the Bradenton Beach home he and his m…
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