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Police chief named public works director
Community News

Police chief named public works director

Sep 23, 2024 – Joe Hendricks
September 16, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
City pursuing drainage study funds

City pursuing drainage study funds

ANNA MARIA – City officials are pursuing a coastal resiliency grant to fund a study that identifies the best locations to install underground pumps and pipes to speed the removal of floodwaters from…
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September 16, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Seymour and Short seek mayor’s job

Seymour, Short seek mayor’s job

ANNA MARIA – Brian Seymour and Mark Short both want to succeed Dan Murphy as Anna Maria’s next mayor, with the winner to be determined in the upcoming election. On Sept. 12, they participated in a ca…
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September 16, 2024
By Leslie Lake
One parking lot meets city deadline; three closed

One parking lot meets city deadline; three closed

BRADENTON BEACH – One of four paid parking lots owned by Shawn Kaleta was brought into compliance by the city’s Sept. 9 deadline for adherence to several requirements. The applicants opted to close…
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September 10, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Proposed Bradenton Beach budgets adopted

Proposed Bradenton Beach budgets adopted

BRADENTON BEACH – The city’s proposed 2024-25 general fund and Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) budgets are one step from final adoption. During the Sept. 5 budget hearings, the Bradenton Beach…
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September 10, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City reduces sidewalk requirement for parking lots

City reduces sidewalk requirement for parking lots

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners approved a request last week to remove one of the requirements for two paid parking lots owned by developer Shawn Kaleta. Sam Negrin, manager of Beach to Bay Inv…
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September 10, 2024
By SUN contributor
City officials address rising flood concerns

City officials address rising flood concerns

HOLMES BEACH – With heavy rainfalls becoming the norm around Anna Maria Island, residents and property owners have concerns about flooding and stormwater infrastructure, and the city’s public works s…
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September 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
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CRA shifts from recommending to governing body

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners voted unanimously at the Sept. 5 meeting to modify the makeup of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) board from a seven-member to a five-member board. The f…
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September 9, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Suspect arrested after high speed chase that began in Holmes Beach

Cortez man to be arraigned on June 6 shooting

BRADENTON – A Cortez man will be arraigned on Friday, Sept. 13 in connection with a June 6 shooting during which a Cortez woman sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. Kevin Armstrong, 48, was origi…
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September 9, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez Village Marina requests denied

Cortez Village Marina requests denied

CORTEZ – Manatee County commissioners unanimously denied Cortez Village Marina’s request to expand current operations. The Chicago-based MHC Cortez Village LLC purchased the marina in 2024, one of…
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September 9, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Employee workplace complaints ‘unsubstantiated’

Employee workplace complaints ‘unsubstantiated’

ANNA MARIA – After conducting an independent investigation, labor attorney Matthew Stefany said that a former employee’s allegations of workplace hostility and discriminatory behavior are unsubstanti…
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