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Whitmore seeks return to city commission
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Whitmore seeks return to city commission

Aug 27, 2024 – SUN contributor
August 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Cortez bridgetender booth on preservation list

Cortez bridgetender booth on preservation list

CORTEZ – When the new 65-foot-high Cortez Bridge is constructed, it won’t be a drawbridge, so a bridgetender will no longer be needed, and a Cortez group wants to save the bridgetender’s booth at the…
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August 26, 2024
By SUN contributor
High-speed chase ends on tennis court

High-speed chase ends on tennis court

HOLMES BEACH – A high-speed chase ended with a suspect being trapped in chain link fencing on a Gulf Drive tennis court, resulting in six criminal charges. Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer sai…
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August 26, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Kaleta gets three extra days to fix parking lots

Kaleta gets three extra days to fix parking lots

BRADENTON BEACH – City building official Darin Cushing has given an extension of time to developer Shawn Kaleta to complete all city commission-required stipulations for temporary use permits for fou…
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August 26, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Contract signed for Pine Avenue sidewalks

Contract signed for Pine Avenue sidewalks

ANNA MARIA – A signed contract is now in place for the installation of brick paver sidewalks along Pine Avenue, between Gulf Drive and North Shore Drive, where no paved sidewalks currently exist…
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August 26, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Primary voters produce change in leadership

Primary voters produce change in leadership

MANATEE COUNTY – Anna Maria Island voters helped determine the winners of three key Republican primary races that saw Tal Siddique, George Kruse and Scott Farrington emerge with victories on Aug. 20…
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August 26, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Fired elections office employees speak out

Fired elections office employees speak out

MANATEE COUNTY – Interim Supervisor of Elections James Satcher fired one elections office employee as the primary election wound down and three more the following day. On the evening of Aug. 20, v…
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August 20, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Mc Primary Results

Farrington, Kruse, Siddique win key primary races

MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County’s Republican voters opted for change during today’s primary election. In doing so, the county’s registered Republican voters rejected the far right, hyper-partisan…
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August 20, 2024
By SUN contributor
Titsworth shares re-election hopes, goals

Titsworth shares re-election hopes, goals

HOLMES BEACH – Judy Titsworth has already served three terms as mayor, but she’s not ready to step down yet. Titsworth is up for re-election on the November ballot and after running unopposed in 202…
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August 20, 2024
By SUN contributor
Newcomer ready to take mayoral seat

Newcomer ready to take mayoral seat

HOLMES BEACH – Mike Roth may be a political newcomer on Anna Maria Island, but he has plans for what he’d like to see in the community if residents vote him in as mayor in November. “I’ve been on-Is…
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August 19, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Brian Blaine lived, loved until the end

Brian Blaine lived, loved until the end

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Former City Pier bait shop bartender Brian Blaine passed away on Aug. 4 at the age of 51. The Bradenton resident is survived by his significant other of nearly four years, Jill…
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April 9, 2025
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