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Conviction tossed in fish-tossing case

Mar 4, 2015 – Cindy Lane
September 21, 2013
By Cindy Lane
Regina marker

Explore the Regina

BRADENTON BEACH – While visiting Anna Maria Island, divers may want to visit the wreck of the Regina, a state underwater archaeological preserve, marked by buoys off the 800 block of Bradenton Beach…
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July 12, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Landscaping project wilts

BRADENTON BEACH – A landscaping project for Bradenton Beach’s gateway area at Cortez Road and Gulf Drive, coordinated by Commissioner Gay Breuler, never made it to a vote last week. Breuler, w…
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February 22, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Fishing in Cortez

The future – a memory?

CORTEZ – There is less fishing and more preservation in Cortez these days, but the success of an expanding museum complex and environmental preserve is bittersweet. “We’ve got the Florida Maritime…
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February 22, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Cortez net camp - Cindy Lane | Sun

Climate change in Cortez

Last in a series of three CORTEZ – If the state would lift the 1995 ban on gill nets, hearts would leap and boats would launch in the commercial fishing village of Cortez. But there’s no time t…
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February 15, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Cortez mullet boat

The village that mullet built

Second in a series of three CORTEZ – The wind is screaming, the Gulf of Mexico is frosted with whitecaps, and it’s so cold the pelicans aren’t even bothering to trail the bouncing mullet boat just…
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February 8, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Snapshots of Cortez

CORTEZ – Ask a Cortezian about their village, and stories fly like mullet being tossed into a boat cooler. Here are some snapshots of the Cortez of yesterday – some fond, some funny, some frighten…
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February 8, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Cortez shrimp net - Cindy Lane | Sun

A century of Cortez

First in a series of three The Cortez commercial fishing village celebrates three milestones this year – the 100th anniversary of its incorporation, the founding of its school 100 years ago, and t…
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August 17, 2011
By Cindy Lane

Dogs just want to have fun

LONGBOAT KEY – A Longboat Key dog owner has started a movement to allow dogs on the beach, drawing more than 100 supportive e-mails in less than a month. “We have a beautiful public beach that is…
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November 3, 2010
By Cindy Lane
Sabine Musil-Buehler butterfly memorial

Musil-Buehler mystery persists

HOLMES BEACH – Her favorite holiday, Halloween, has just passed, and Election Day, Nov. 4, marks two years since anyone has reported seeing Haley’s Motel co-owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. Her disappe…
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October 27, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Roots in the water

CORTEZ – Like the mangroves that line local shorelines, Manatee County’s historic roots are in the water, and the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez is bringing two chapters of local history to life…
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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting