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Proposed consolidation study concerns city officials

Feb 7, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
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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January 24, 2023
By SUN contributor
Tree house closer to demolition

Tree house closer to demolition

MANATEE COUNTY – Holmes Beach city leaders have won a judgment in their favor in the long-debated case of a two-story beachfront tree house constructed at the Angelinos Sea Lodge. Now, May…
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January 24, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Salem, Seymour seek city commission seat

Salem, Seymour seek city commission seat

ANNA MARIA – On Thursday, Jan. 26, the city commission will appoint Charlie Salem or Brian Seymour to fill the commission seat recently vacated by Carol Carter. Commissioners Mark Short, J…
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January 23, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
County commission to discuss reinstalling Confederate monument

County commission to discuss reinstalling Confederate monument

BRADENTON – On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Manatee County Commission will discuss reinstalling a Confederate memorial monument that was removed from its downtown Bradenton location in 2017. The…
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January 23, 2023
By SUN contributor
AMI fights back against state representatives

AMI fights back against state representatives

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – As state representatives discuss bypassing Holmes Beach codes to build a parking garage and dissolving the three Island cities, locals aren’t taking it lying down. Resi…
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January 23, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
Bradenton Beach Commission opposes state attacks on home rule

Bradenton Beach Commission opposes state attacks on home rule

BRADENTON BEACH – Protecting home rule rights will be the city commission’s top priority during the state legislative session that convenes on March 5. Home rule rights and the ability to…
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January 23, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Lock the car

Lock the car

BRADENTON BEACH – For the most part, Anna Maria Island is a pretty safe place to visit, according to local police statistics. Violent crimes are low, and most serious crimes involving bodi…
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January 17, 2023
By Joe Hendricks
‘Safety’ pilings placed in Hunters Point canal

Pilings placed in Hunters Point canal

CORTEZ – Seven new wooden pilings have been placed in the privately-owned Hunters Point canal near the canal-side entrance to the Cortez Village Marina. Installed last week, the pilings ha…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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