Community News
February 7, 2023
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…
February 7, 2023
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…
February 7, 2023
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…
January 31, 2023
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…
January 31, 2023
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…
January 30, 2023
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…
January 29, 2023
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…
January 29, 2023
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…
January 29, 2023
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…
January 24, 2023
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…











