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Feb 19, 2024 – Joe Hendricks
February 14, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Reimagining Pine Avenue discussions continue

Reimagining Pine Avenue discussions continue

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria City Commission authorized Mayor Dan Murphy to enter into a $1.41 million state-funded grant agreement for the expanded Reimagining Pine Avenue project. On Feb. 8, the co…
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February 14, 2024
By SUN contributor

Crime shrinking in Holmes Beach

HOLMES BEACH – There’s good news for residents and visitors to Anna Maria Island’s largest city. Police Chief Bill Tokajer says serious crime has been dramatically reduced over the past decade. In a…
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February 14, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City commission to consider paid parking lots

City commission to consider paid parking lots

BRADENTON BEACH – If approved by the city commission on Feb. 15, paid parking will cover much of the footprint of a future 106-room hotel/restaurant/retail complex for the next year. A temporary use…
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February 14, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Mangrove removal under Army Corps review

Mangrove removal under Army Corps review

ANNA MARIA – Nearly two months after a contractor destroyed 67 feet of mangroves to build a seawall at 111 Gull Drive without all the required approvals, one of the permitting entities – the U.S. Arm…
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February 5, 2024
By SUN contributor
Library Advisory Board awaits commission decision

Library Advisory Board awaits commission decision

MANATEE COUNTY – County commissioners left the county’s eight libraries without an advisory board when they voted 6-1 to table seven appointments to the nine-seat board in January, despite having 13…
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February 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Marina seeks partnership with city on mooring field

Marina seeks partnership with city on mooring field

BRADENTON BEACH – In what was described as a potential public/private partnership to protect the city’s dinghy docks and control derelict vessels, City Attorney Ricinda Perry presented an offer to ci…
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February 5, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Planning board supports easement exchange

Planning board supports easement exchange

ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Planning and Zoning Board recommends city commission approval of a request to vacate an existing utilities easement at 117 Peppertree Lane. The board-supported request to…
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February 5, 2024
By Leslie Lake
City ward boundaries under revision

City ward boundaries under revision

BRADENTON BEACH – The first reading of a proposed ordinance outlining the details of a Land Development Code (LDC) revision of ward boundaries was approved by the city commission last Thursday night…
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February 5, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Charter review begins in Anna Maria

Charter review begins in Anna Maria

ANNA MARIA – The city’s Charter Review Committee has begun its review of the city charter. Recommended by Mayor Dan Murphy and approved by the city commission, the charter review committee consists…
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February 5, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental bills advancing

Vacation rental bills advancing

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Legislature’s efforts to preempt vacation rental regulation to the state took a significant step forward when the Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 280 on Feb. 1. After pre…
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