Community News
September 10, 2019
Commissioners reject salary increase
HOLMES BEACH – With Commissioner Pat Morton absent, a motion to give city commissioners a $250 per month stipend raise failed on a tie.
At the suggestion of the 2019 Charter Review Commission, cit…
September 10, 2019
Anna Maria liquor ordinance explained
ANNA MARIA – A memo City Attorney Becky Vose sent Mayor Dan Murphy clarifies the city commission’s recent decision to not amend the city’s liquor ordinance.
The potential amendment drafted by Vose…
September 10, 2019
City leaders consider stormwater fee increases
HOLMES BEACH – With costs for stormwater improvements throughout the city ongoing and increasing, City Engineer Lynn Burnett proposed to commissioners that they consider an increase in stormwater uti…
September 9, 2019
Anna Maria Commission will need to fill two seats
ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria must fill two city commission seats by appointment – one this month and one in November.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, the commission hopes to appoint someone to serve…
September 3, 2019
HBPD celebrates its own
HOLMES BEACH – Police officers celebrated an addition to their ranks, the promotion of one of their own and gave a standing ovation to a retiring officer during the Aug. 27 city commission meeting…
September 2, 2019
Seymour resigns from city commission
ANNA MARIA – City Commission Chair Brian Seymour tendered his immediate resignation Friday morning.
His resignation came one day after his fellow commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of not pursuing a…
September 2, 2019
Carter, Crane and Woodland running unopposed
Updated Sept. 6, 2019 | ANNA MARIA – Running unopposed in the 2019 city election, incumbent Anna Maria Commissioner Carol Carter will serve an additional two-year term in office.
Incumbent Commiss…
September 2, 2019
Qualifying determines Bradenton Beach commission winners
Incumbent Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie, incumbent Commissioner Jake Spooner and former Commissioner Jan Vosburgh are the only candidates to qualify for the three seats up for election in Braden…
September 2, 2019
Four qualify in Holmes Beach
HOLMES BEACH – Qualifying week is officially over, and four candidates are posed to fight it out in the polls Nov. 5 to see which of them will take the three commission seats up for grabs.
Incumbe…
September 2, 2019
Dorian continues to steer clear of AMI
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Manatee County remains clear of Hurricane Dorian’s “cone of uncertainty” today, with lighter-than-normal Labor Day beach crowds, in part due to holiday plans that changed days ago…













