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Charter review includes city manager discussion

Feb 12, 2019 – Joe Hendricks
February 1, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria’s street-side parking switches sides

Anna Maria’s street-side parking switches sides

ANNA MARIA – Make sure you park on the proper side of the street in the city limits of Anna Maria, at the north end of Anna Maria Island – the city annually switches which side of the street can be p…
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February 1, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
City hall building replacement discussed

City hall building replacement discussed

BRADENTON BEACH – City officials are trying to figure out whether it makes more sense to floodproof and hurricane-harden city hall or to build a new city hall complex. These ongoing discussions al…
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January 30, 2019
By SUN contributor
Fire district merger talks off the table – for now

Fire district merger talks off the table – for now

MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore said the crowd assembled for the Council of Governments meeting was the largest she’s ever seen. The reason for that crowd was one agend…
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January 29, 2019
By SUN contributor
Center of Anna Maria Island

Center starts new year on solid financial footing

ANNA MARIA – The Center of Anna Maria Island greeted the new year with good news and the nonprofit’s board members hope it will just keep getting better. During a January board meeting, board Trea…
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January 28, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
CNOBB webmaster deposition raises more Sunshine questions

CNOBB webmaster deposition raises more Sunshine questions

BRADENTON – The deposition of former webmaster Michael Harrington has uncovered emails that raise additional questions about possible Sunshine law violations by members of the Concerned Neighbors of…
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January 27, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Ed Chiles receives Citizen of the Year award

Ed Chiles receives Citizen of the Year award

ANNA MARIA – Ed Chiles is the City of Anna Maria’s 2018 Citizen of the Year. Chiles owns the Sandbar restaurant, The Studio at Gulf and Pine and is a partner in the Pine Avenue Restoration Project…
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January 27, 2019
By Joe Hendricks

City engineer terminates agreement with city

ANNA MARIA – The City of Anna Maria and Lynn Burnett and her LTA Engineers engineering firm have parted ways. The development was announced during last week’s City Commission meeting when commissi…
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January 27, 2019
By Joe Hendricks

Impervious pool exception being crafted

BRADENTON BEACH – The City of Bradenton Beach will continue designating swimming pools as impervious surfaces, but city officials are working on an exception for properties that lack the space requir…
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January 25, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
AM Pier Crane

Anna Maria City Pier construction underway

ANNA MARIA – The time has arrived to begin building the new Anna Maria City Pier. This week, the barge crane arrived in the Tampa Bay waters offshore from the old pier site. This was preceded by t…
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January 25, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Government shutdown paused

CORTEZ – The 35 active duty men and women of the United States Coast Guard Station Cortez will get their next paycheck on Feb. 1, their first in a month. President Donald Trump announced an agreem…
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