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April 25, 2017
By Cindy Lane
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Aqua campaign contributions to county commissioners

All seven Manatee County commissioners – with one apparent exception, Priscilla Whisenant Trace – have received at least $30,500 in total campaign contributions from Aqua by the Bay developers Carlos…
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April 23, 2017
By SUN contributor

Grassy Point reopens to the public

HOLMES BEACH — The gates of Grassy Point Preserve are officially open, at least for the hours between dawn and dusk. City leaders and more than 30 guests gathered April 19 for a ribbon cutting…
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April 22, 2017
By SUN contributor
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Celebrating 90 years young with Mary Seine

ANNA MARIA — Mary Seine is officially 90 years young. It was standing room-only April 22 in the Roser Memorial Community Church fellowship hall as Seine celebrated her 90th birthday with lots of i…
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April 3, 2017
By SUN contributor
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Holmes Beach wins Bert Harris victory

HOLMES BEACH — Holmes Beach scores one point in the battle between the city and the Bert Harris Act. City leaders received notice March 22 that the court had rendered a final judgment in favor of…
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March 23, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
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Committee rules favorably on vacation rental bill

TALLAHASSEE – The vacation rental bill filed by Florida Sen. Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) cleared its first obstacle Tuesday afternoon when the Florida Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee ruled favor…
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March 22, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Coast Guard bridge timing

What it takes to change a bridge timing

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Michael Lieberum, Chief of Bridge Operations for the United States Coast Guard’s Seventh District, explained last week how the bridge timing requests for two Island bridges will b…
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March 17, 2017
By SUN contributor
Mary Fulford Green

Saying goodbye to my first best friend forever

Who is your first best friend? I just submitted the obituary for Jerry Guthrie Cross. She was my first best friend.  She is a first cousin – at one time I had 43 of them; I was the 15th and she was t…
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March 17, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria pier proposal

Pier proposals lack cost estimates

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy opened the three proposals received from firms interested in rehabilitating the Anna Maria City Pier, only to discover that none of them included cost estimates. Join…
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March 16, 2017
By Tom Vaught
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Teachers honor Dr. Seuss

Anna Maria Elementary School second-grade teachers Sandy Fisher and Maggie Payne celebrated Dr. Seuss’s 104th birthday Thursday, March 2, by dressing as characters in his children’s books. The author…
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March 16, 2017
By Tom Vaught
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Start your child early with voluntary pre-kindergarten

Parents who have children who will be four years old by Sept. 1 and who would like their child to attend a free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program at a public school for the 2017-2018 school year may…
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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting