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Above-average hurricane season predicted

Apr 8, 2025 – Joe Hendricks
March 25, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Commissioners consider temporary shelter ordinance

Commissioners consider temporary shelter ordinance

BRADENTON BEACH – At the March 20 commission meeting, commissioners considered Ordi­nance 25-563, which would allow hurricane-impacted homeowners to place a temporary shelter – an RV or trailer – on…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Pines residents question seawall cap permitting

Pines residents question seawall cap permitting

BRADENTON BEACH – Some Pines Trailer Park residents are questioning whether permits exist for a seawall cap built in 2024 at the park that they say may have acted as a dam during the 2024 hurricanes…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Drift-In owners granted temporary use permit to reopen

Drift-In owners granted temporary use permit to reopen

BRADENTON BEACH – Six months after Hurricane Helene and subsequent permitting obstacles shuttered the doors to the Drift-In, the Bridge Street bar will reopen, at least temporarily pending city revie…
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March 24, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Heritage Day celebrates historical museum’s recovery

Heritage Day celebrates historical museum’s recovery

ANNA MARIA – The annual Heritage Day Festival took on even greater significance this year because of the storm surge damage that the Anna Maria Island Historical Museum suffered during Hurricane Hele…
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March 24, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach mayor responds to DOGE letter

Holmes Beach mayor responds to DOGE letter

HOLMES BEACH – Island leaders are under a deadline to respond to a letter they received this month from the new state DOGE task force, and the Holmes Beach mayor has already taken action. Gov. Ron D…
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March 24, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Pines residents served demand for payment notices

Pines residents must pay

BRADENTON BEACH – Some Pines Trailer Park residents who withheld lot rental payments following last year’s hurricanes were served with demand for payment notices on March 17. The notices required eit…
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March 24, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach to extend non-conforming structure permit deadline  

Holmes Beach to extend non-conforming structure permit deadline  

HOLMES BEACH – City staff proposes amending the city’s Land Development Code (LDC) to assist property owners whose non-conforming structures were damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. Acc…
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March 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach assists Wildlife Inc.

Holmes Beach assists Wildlife Inc.

HOLMES BEACH – The city of Holmes Beach donated $5,000 to the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center Inc. to assist that non-profit organization’s ongoing hurricane recovery efforts. In Februa…
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March 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
E-bikes regulated like bicycles

E-bikes regulated like bicycles

Updated: 3/20/25 at 10:49 a.m. HOLMES BEACH – When discussing development-related transportation requirements dur­ing the March 13 city commission work session, Commissioner Dan Diggins asked if ele…
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March 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Mayor addresses building permit applications

Mayor addresses building permit applications

ANNA MARIA – The city has implemented a new process that helps address recent social media comments questioning its ability to review and issue hurricane-related building permits in a timely manner…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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