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Body identified not missing fisherman

Dec 5, 2017 – Joe Hendricks
November 28, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Chuck Webb suspension

Webb facing Florida Bar suspension

HOLMES BEACH – Attorney Charles “Chuck” Webb is facing a 60-day suspension from his ability to practice law in Florida. On Oct. 10, Webb entered a conditional guilty plea for consent judgment with…
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November 28, 2017
By SUN contributor
Dog and skate park

Funds come through for park improvements

HOLMES BEACH – The money is ready and waiting to be spent on improvements to the dog and skate parks. Commissioners unanimously approved a budget amendment to move $50,000 from other accounts to t…
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November 28, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez Bridge

Bridges to open less frequently

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The Cortez and Manatee Avenue bridges are now to be opened twice an hour instead of three times an hour from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Coast Guard-approved changes to the drawbri…
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November 21, 2017
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach building department

Building department responds to community

HOLMES BEACH – The city’s building department staff is reaching out, hoping to improve communication between the department and the community. About a dozen people showed up, along with members of…
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November 21, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Kaleta Settlement

Kaleta to receive $1 million settlement

ANNA MARIA – Developer Shawn Kaleta and his Beach to Bay construction company will receive a $1 million payment according to settlement terms negotiated to end a federal lawsuit filed against the cit…
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November 19, 2017
By Cindy Lane
Guthrie net camp

Guthrie ordered to remove building in bay

CORTEZ – Raymond “Junior” Guthrie Jr. plans to contest the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)’s final order issued on Friday, Nov. 17 requiring him to remove the unpermitted structu…
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November 18, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
CNOBB dissolving

CNOBB coming to an end

BRADENTON BEACH – Despite voter approval of its three citizens initiatives on the November ballot, the Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Beach (CNOBB) is dissolving due to philosophical differences am…
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November 14, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
CNOBB amendments

Elections alter Bradenton Beach’s political landscape

BRADENTON BEACH – The Nov. 7 elections reshaped the Bradenton Beach City Commission and changed how future commission races will be run. City voters elected Vice Mayor John Chappie to serve as the…
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November 14, 2017
By Tom Vaught
Katie O'Connor

Some Island students lose bus rides

HOLMES BEACH – Nine Anna Maria Elementary School (AME) students who live on the mainland and ride a school bus were recently given letters saying they would no longer be eligible to ride the buses…
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November 14, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria Veterans Day parade

Old Soldiers and Sailors parade honors vets

ANNA MARIA – The inaugural Old Soldiers and Sailors Veterans Day parade delighted cheering crowds lining Pine Avenue on Friday, Nov. 10. A bagpiper and color guard led the parade down Pine Avenue…
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