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Mean high-water line surveyed

May 8, 2018 – Joe Hendricks
May 1, 2018
By SUN contributor
Center summer camp

Center finances hold steady in March

ANNA MARIA – Finances at The Center of Anna Maria Island continue to improve, but the nonprofit still has a long way to go to reach board members’ hopes for the future. In March, the Center’s fina…
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May 1, 2018
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach noise

Commissioners to revisit noise ordinance

HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners aren’t sure how they’re going to amend the city’s noise ordinance to help residents with ongoing issues, but they all agree that something needs to be done. After a le…
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May 1, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria customary use property

Commission jettisons customary use ordinance

ANNA MARIA – City officials have abandoned the pursuit of a customary use ordinance as a means of ensuring continued public access to state-owned public beach lands that lie between private property…
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May 1, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria pool hero

Older brother prevents pool tragedy

ANNA MARIA – Seven-and-a-half-year-old New Hampshire resident Nick Costa was recognized last week for an act that helped save the life of his four-year-old brother, Jake. During the Anna Maria Cit…
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April 25, 2018
By Tom Vaught
New Cortez bridge

FDOT chooses tall bridge for Cortez

BRADENTON BEACH – The other shoe has dropped. After more than 25 years of local resistance to replacing the two drawbridges from the mainland to Anna Maria Island with tall, fixed spans, the Flori…
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April 24, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Bradenton Beach Parking Garage

Commissioners discuss parking garages, more

BRADENTON BEACH – City Commissioners want to prohibit parking garages citywide, but they don’t feel amending the city charter is the way to do it. In other charter-related business, the commission…
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April 21, 2018
By SUN contributor
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Suspect arrested in Island assault case

HOLMES BEACH – Officers have a suspect in custody for the March 22 assault of a clerk at Jessie’s Island Store. Holmes Beach police officers arrested 44-year-old Jason Rawlings Bounds April 17 aft…
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April 20, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria Beach Use Dispute

Beach dispute predates new law

ANNA MARIA – When discussing a new state law taking effect July 1 regarding beach access and private property rights, Anna Maria commissioners heard about an existing dispute. On April 12, the may…
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April 19, 2018
By Tom Vaught
eugene matthews sentencing

Matthews gets 65 years minimum

BRADENTON – Eugene Matthews will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of Rebecca Rawson on Jan. 10, 2017. On Thursday, April 19, Judge Brian Iten sentenced the 84-yea…
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April 17, 2018
By SUN contributor
Traffic

Traffic snarls at Gulf Drive construction zones

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Along the Holmes Beach/Bradenton Beach border, residents and visitors alike are finding themselves stuck in something reminiscent of winter season traffic with added heavy constru…
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