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Feb 17, 2020 – Cindy Lane
February 11, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Portion of Gulf Drive will be reduced to one lane Tuesday

Gulf Drive lane closure delayed  

BRADENTON BEACH – Motorists can expect to encounter delays at some point next week if traveling on Gulf Drive near Fifth Street South and Sixth Street South in Bradenton Beach. The one-day lane cl…
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February 9, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
County commission eliminates Aqua by the Bay stipulation

Commission eliminates Aqua by the Bay stipulation

BRADENTON – Manatee County commissioners have deleted a 2017 development stipulation that gave the commission and the public the ability to review the Aqua by the Bay development plans after the firs…
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February 4, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Aqua by the Bay hearing is Thursday

Aqua by the Bay hearing Thursday

BRADENTON – On Thursday, Feb. 6, Manatee County Commissioners will discuss Aqua by the Bay developer Carlos Beruff’s request to delete a development stipulation included in the initial development ap…
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February 3, 2020
By SUN contributor
Scoot coupe ban under reconsideration

Scoot coupe ban under reconsideration

HOLMES BEACH – If you’re seeing scoot coupes being driven along the road in Holmes Beach, you’re not imagining things and they’re not in violation of the city’s ordinance. During a Jan. 28 meeting…
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February 3, 2020
By Joe Hendricks

Vacation rental bills progressing

TALLAHASSEE – Two bills filed by Florida legislators during the 2020 legislative session seek to strip local governments of their ability to regulate vacation rentals. As was the case in recent ye…
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January 28, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Charlie Hunsicker

Beach renourishment delayed until April

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The beach renourishment project originally slated to begin in February has been pushed back to April, according to Charlie Hunsicker, director of the Manatee County Parks and Natu…
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January 28, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Officials lukewarm on new evidence

Attorney General to investigate Morris case

BRADENTON BEACH – The Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution has agreed to investigate the apparent hanging death of Sheena Morris in 2009 in a Bradenton Beach hotel room. At t…
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January 27, 2020
By Joe Hendricks
Carter and York named Citizens of the Year

Carter and York named Citizens of the Year

ANNA MARIA – Bob Carter and Dick York are the city of Anna Maria’s Citizens of the Year for 2019. Carter and York were selected by the Citizen Recognition Committee that consisted of Deputy City C…
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January 27, 2020
By SUN contributor
Pups and owners celebrate dog park opening

Pups and owners celebrate dog park opening

HOLMES BEACH – The construction crews are out and the dogs are in at the new and improved dog park in Holmes Beach, renamed the Holmes Beach Community Dog Park. “This has been a dream,” Mayor Judy…
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January 21, 2020
By SUN contributor
Mayor hands out 2019 city awards

Mayor hands out 2019 city awards

HOLMES BEACH – Mayor Judy Titsworth stepped up Jan. 14 to hand out some very special city awards to members of the community. First up, she presented the 2019 Employee of the Year award to Code Co…
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