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Confederate monument debate resumes

May 15, 2018 – Joe Hendricks
May 8, 2018
By SUN contributor
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Center hires new executive director

ANNA MARIA – At the end of a two-month search for a new executive director, The Center of Anna Maria Island’s board of directors is choosing from their own ranks. In a May 4 press release, Center…
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May 8, 2018
By SUN contributor
dog park funding

Dog park plans ready for commission presentation

HOLMES BEACH – The plans have been several months in the making but now members of the parks and beautification committee have a date to propose their recommended improvements to the city’s dog park…
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May 8, 2018
By SUN contributor
Flooded street in Holmes Bea

Protecting Holmes Beach from rising tides

HOLMES BEACH – Stories of climate change and sea level rise may soon be more than just cautionary tales for Island property owners, but City Engineer Lynn Burnett has a plan to keep those stories fro…
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May 8, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Bradenton Beach Cortez Bridge

City officials blast bridge decision

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners oppose the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) recent decision to replace the Cortez Bridge drawbridge with a 65-foot-tall, fixed-span structure. May…
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May 8, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
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Mean high-water line surveyed

ANNA MARIA – The lines in the sand have been drawn – aka surveyed and staked – in two beachfront locations along South Bay Boulevard. On Wednesday, May 2, surveyors placed three wooden stakes alon…
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May 8, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Longboat Key resident killed crossing Gulf of Mexico Drive

LONGBOAT KEY – Longboat Key resident Warren Roberts, 85, was killed the morning of Tuesday, May 8 after being struck by two northbound vehicles as he attempted to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive, near the…
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May 8, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Deborah Wing

Wing child abuse charge dropped

HOLMES BEACH – The child abuse charge levied against former Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce President Deb Wing has been dropped. The charge stemmed from an April 4 arrest by the Holmes Beach…
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May 3, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Wildlife Inc.

Local non-profits bank on generosity

BRADENTON BEACH – The groups that serve dogs, cats, horses and other animals attracted most of the donations among the 400-plus not-for-profits registered with the 2018 Giving Challenge on Tuesday an…
May 2, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Guthrie net camp

Guthrie denies DEP allegations

CORTEZ – Raymond Guthrie Jr. denies all but one of the 21 allegations in the state’s order to tear down the net camp he built in Sarasota Bay off the fishing village of Cortez last summer. The Flo…
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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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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting