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Incentives proposed for permanent Anna Maria residents
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Incentives proposed for permanent Anna Maria residents

Jun 26, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
June 21, 2023
By SUN contributor
Manatee Beach parking garage

Parking garage bill arrives on governor’s desk

HOLMES BEACH – City leaders and residents are making last-minute attempts to get the attention of Gov. Ron DeSantis before he makes a decision on the future of a bill allowing a multi-level parking g…
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June 19, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Pat Copeland, an Island treasure

Pat Copeland, an Island treasure

ANNA MARIA – Beloved Anna Maria resident, newspaper reporter and Island historian Pat Copeland passed away on Tues­day, June 13, at the age of 76. She passed away at Manatee Memorial Hospital in B…
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June 19, 2023
By Sun staff
Sun staff remembers Pat Copeland

Sun staff remembers Pat Copeland

The Sun staff is remembering Pat Copeland fondly after the news of her passing last week. Pat was the first reporter hired to staff the Anna Maria Island Sun. Publisher Mike Field remembers hiring…
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June 12, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Water taxi agreement disappoints Anna Maria officials

Water taxi agreement disappoints Anna Maria officials

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy and the city commission are not yet willing to sign a proposed interlocal agreement that would allow Manatee County to use the City Pier as a water taxi stop. The cou…
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June 12, 2023
By SUN contributor

Holmes Beach residents organize to fight garage

HOLMES BEACH – A new effort is rising to fight against a Manatee County and state-led effort to build a parking garage at Manatee Beach. The effort is being led by a group of concerned city and co…
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June 12, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Elevating library could create more public parking

Elevating library could create more public parking

BRADENTON BEACH – Mayor John Chappie proposes further elevating the Tingley Memorial Library to create a ground-level public parking lot below the library building. The city-owned library was buil…
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June 12, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Commission ends commercial activity discussions

Commission ends commercial activity discussions

ANNA MARIA – The city won’t enact any additional prohibitions or regulations pertaining to commercial activity in city rights of way and other public spaces. The Anna Maria City Commission reached…
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June 12, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Parking analysis sought

Parking analysis sought

BRADENTON BEACH – The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has authorized a $1,400 analysis of an existing city parking lot in hopes of creating additional public parking spaces. The authorization…
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June 5, 2023
By Leslie Lake
Permit parking only in effect

Permit parking only in effect

BRADENTON BEACH – As crews work their way down Gulf Drive South to complete the South Bradenton Beach Gravity System Relocation Project, temporary permit parking is now in effect to accommodate resid…
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June 5, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
High speed pursuit on Bridge Street ends in arrest

High speed pursuit on Bridge Street ends in arrest

BRADENTON BEACH – According to witnesses, at least one of whom took video, a man later identified as Kevin Rodriguez, 48, of Bradenton left a trail of destruction on Bridge Street that began shortly…
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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting