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German brewer buys Rod & Reel Pier

Dec 10, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
December 5, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Coquina Beach Trail improvements delayed

Coquina Beach trail improvements delayed

BRADENTON BEACH – Improvements to the Coquina Beach multi-use trail have been delayed. The trail is a paved path about the width of a city sidewalk that begins at the Longboat Pass parking lot and r…
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December 5, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Home mail delivery not an option in Anna Maria

Home mail delivery not an option in Anna Maria

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria is the only city on Anna Maria Island that doesn’t have home and business mail delivery and folks in Anna Maria’s 34216 zip code seem to like it that way. Anna Maria re…
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November 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Paving and pavement marking contracts approved

Paving, street marking contracts approved

HOLMES BEACH – City commissioners recently approved a contract with Superior Asphalt to mill and resurface various streets and roads throughout the city. The total cost of the work approved on Nov…
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November 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Aquatic harvester purchase still pending

Aquatic harvester purchase pending

HOLMES BEACH – The city commission has delayed the previously authorized purchase of an aquatic harvester that would remove floating algae, seagrass and dead marine life from residential canals and S…
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November 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Mayor proposes Reimagining Pine Avenue test corridor

Mayor proposes Reimagining Pine Avenue test corridor

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy proposes creating a one-block Reimagining Pine Avenue test corridor along Pine Avenue, between Gulf Drive and North Shore Drive. Murphy presented his one-block prototyp…
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November 28, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach amending sign ordinance

Holmes Beach amending sign ordinance to protect free speech

HOLMES BEACH – The city is amending its sign ordinance to ensure compliance with a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects free speech, specifically, words on signs. The City Commission on firs…
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November 20, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Gulf Island Ferries take inaugural cruise

Gulf Island Ferries take inaugural cruise

MANATEE COUNTY – Elected officials, invited guests and media members took a cruise on the Gulf Island Ferries on Monday afternoon. The county-funded ferries are expected to begin service on Friday…
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November 20, 2023
By Leslie Lake
P&Z members reverse public comment closure

P&Z members reverse public comment closure

BRADENTON BEACH – The Planning and Zoning Board unexpectedly reversed its decision to close the public comment session at its second public hearing on a 106-room hotel/restaurant/retail project on Br…
November 20, 2023
By Leslie Lake
P&Z unanimously recommends approval of hotel project

P&Z recommends approval of hotel project

BRADENTON BEACH – It’s all in the hands of city commission­ers now. Following a unanimous recom­mendation for approval from the city Planning and Zoning Board, the future of a 106-room hotel/resta…
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November 20, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Holmes Beach Commission weighs in on consolidation

Holmes Beach Commission weighs in on consolidation

HOLMES BEACH – Holmes Beach city commissioners discussed the Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Account­ability (OPPAGA)’s consolidation study on Nov. 14, which lists the city o…
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