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Feb 28, 2023 – Jason Schaffer
February 16, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
FDOT installs ‘no parking’ signs along Gulf Drive

FDOT installs ‘no parking’ signs along Gulf Drive

BRADENTON BEACH – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently installed dozens of signs along various sections of Gulf Drive that say, “No parking on right of way.” Approximately 55 s…
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February 16, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Commission adopts food truck regulations

Commission adopts food truck regulations

ANNA MARIA – The city has new food truck/mobile food dispensing vehicle regulations in place. The new regulations are set forth in city resolution R23-787, which the city commission adopted by a 4…
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February 16, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Bradenton Beach Police get powerful new training tool

Bradenton Beach Police get powerful new training tool

BRADENTON BEACH – Police officers face the unknown every day they put on their uniforms. In 2022, nine police officers were killed in the line of duty in Florida, and while that number may not see…
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February 16, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Annie Silver elects 2023 officers

Annie Silver elects 2023 officers

BRADENTON BEACH – For decades, the Annie Silver Community Center has served the community, providing a meeting place for Island organizations such as the Anna Maria Island Privateers, condo associati…
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February 14, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental registration fees increasing

Vacation rental registration fees increasing

ANNA MARIA – Commissioners have established the city’s vacation rental registration fees for the year-long period encompassing portions of 2023 and 2024. The new fee will be $84.17 for each occupa…
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February 9, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Consolidation study for AMI cities won’t be pursued

Legislators change direction on consolidation of AMI cities

ANNA MARIA – State legislators say they no longer intend to commission a state-funded feasibility study on the potential consolidation of the three Anna Maria Island cities and their respective city…
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February 7, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
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Bradenton Beach enacting food truck moratorium

BRADENTON BEACH – Commissioners are in the process of enacting a temporary citywide moratorium on food truck operations. On Feb. 2, the city commission, minus absent Commissioner Marilyn M…
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February 7, 2023
By SUN contributor
The curious case of the missing parking signs

The curious case of the missing parking signs

HOLMES BEACH – Residents who live near beach access points have noticed something strange happening over the past week – some permit parking only and no parking signs have been disappearing f…
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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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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting