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Annie Silver elects 2023 officers

Feb 16, 2023 – Jason Schaffer
February 7, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez Bridge meeting features updated replacement plans

Cortez Bridge meeting highlights updated replacement plans

BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted a public information meeting to provide new details about the pending Cortez Bridge replacement project. The informal set…
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February 7, 2023
By SUN contributor
Merger or dissolution could erase local city regulations

Merger or dissolution could erase local city regulations

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The recent proposal by Manatee County’s state legislative delegation to fund a study to determine the feasibility of combining or eliminating the three Anna Maria Island c…
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February 7, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
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Proposed consolidation study concerns city officials

BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners continue to express concerns about legislative actions recently proposed by State Rep. Will Robinson Jr. and other state legislators. On Jan. 12, Robin…
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January 31, 2023
By SUN contributor

Island officials unite to preserve home rule

HOLMES BEACH – Anna Maria Island’s elected officials are uniting to preserve home rule in the face of recent attempts by state legislators to circumvent local parking ordinances and fund a study to d…
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January 31, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Food truck ordinance adopted

Food truck ordinance adopted

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has a new food truck ordinance in place that limits food truck operations to private properties located in C-1 (Commercial) zoning districts. On Thursday, Jan…
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January 30, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Cortez Bridge presentation details fixed-span bridge

Cortez Bridge presentation details fixed-span bridge

CORTEZ – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is holding a public information meeting on the Cortez Bridge replacement project on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 6-8 p.m. in the Kirkwood Presbyteria…
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January 29, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Salem appointed to Anna Maria Commission

Salem appointed to Anna Maria Commission

ANNA MARIA – Charlie Salem now serves in the Anna Maria City Commission seat recently vacated by Carol Carter. Salem will serve the remaining months of the two-year commission term that expires af…
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January 29, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Mayor proposes negotiation, not war, with state legislators

Mayor proposes negotiation, not war, with state legislators

ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy proposes communicating rather than waging war with state legislators over parking garages and the potential consolidation or elimination of Anna Maria Island’s three cit…
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January 29, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Confederate monument discussion cancelled

Confederate monument discussion cancelled

BRADENTON – The Manatee County Commission discussion on the potential restoration of a controversial Confederate monument has been removed from the commission’s Tuesday, Jan. 31 meeting agenda. Ac…
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January 24, 2023
By Rodney Kwiatkowski

Fireside chats: Vacation rentals

Our community is changing. That’s a given, but communities are always changing, and change isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When it comes to changing communities, the fire district’s goal is to adapt t…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting