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Mermaid showing no signs of slowing down

Mar 2, 2017 – Joe Hendricks
February 22, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Bryce Higgins and Laurie Higgins

Citizens’ efforts assist with arrest

ANNA MARIA – The computer skills of an Island teen and information circulated by some Island moms contributed to the arrest of 20-year-old Richard Parker on charges of petty theft. Parker was arre…
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February 15, 2017
By Tom Vaught
hurricane

Weatherman says be prepared

Mike Clay held the interest of the packed-house audience at the Friends of the Island Library’s Travel and Lecture Series on Thursday, Jan. 12. With a mixture of weather science and humor, he spok…
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February 13, 2017
By Joe Hendricks
Steve Masi

Police officer Steve Masi praised

BRADENTON BEACH – During last week’s Bradenton Beach Commission meeting, Mayor Bill Shearon asked Deputy Clerk Marie Montoya to read aloud an e-mail that praised the efforts of Officer Steve Masi…
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February 9, 2017
By SUN contributor
Holmes Beach police

Road rage lowers speed limit

HOLMES BEACH — Drivers crossing the Anna Maria Island bridge may have noticed a recent speed limit change. The slowdown going in and out of Holmes Beach via Manatee Avenue isn’t all due to extra t…
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February 1, 2017
By SUN contributor

Obituary: Judith van Beuzekom

Esther Judith van Beuzekom nee del Campo Hartman Judith van Beuzekom passed away peacefully in her apartment the morning of December 22, 2016. She was surrounded by her four children the last few…
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December 30, 2015
By Cindy Lane
St. Augustine National Cemetery

Under Egmont 4: Egmont cemetery mysteries put to rest

BRADENTON – Mark Green stands at a grave marker at the Fogartyville cemetery, refers to an old, hand-drawn map and walks a few paces, ducks under a moss-draped tree, passes a bench and several headst…
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October 14, 2015
By Joe Hendricks
Twister at Sunshine Skyway

Twister hits skyway bridge

TAMPA BAY – Sunday morning, Jeannie Bystrom, Ally Titsworth, Matt Dwyer and Ben Stasurak left Holmes Beach by boat, planning on spending the day rescuing pelicans. In a strange turn of events, the…
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March 4, 2015
By Cindy Lane
John Yates

Conviction tossed in fish-tossing case

CORTEZ – The U.S. Supreme Court decided 5-4 last week to overturn the 2011 conviction of former commercial fisherman John Yates for destroying undersized grouper in a federal fisheries investigation…
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February 25, 2015
By Cindy Lane
Rob Whitehurst at St. Augustine National Cemetery

Under Egmont 3: Found

ST. AUGUSTINE – When Rob Whitehurst began looking for the grave of his great-great-grandfather, the Internet was new, with scant information, and research was challenging. When he learned that Joh…
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February 4, 2015
By Cindy Lane
Egmont Key cemetery

Under Egmont 2: Unearthing Egmont Key’s mysteries

EGMONT KEY – Underneath Egmont Key, there’s even more history than its century-and-a-half-old lighthouse, the ruins of its Spanish-American War fort and its 1905 red brick road, now used mostly by go…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting