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Bridge Street arrest ties up police for hours

Jun 5, 2022 – Jason Schaffer
May 30, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Speed tables produce compliments and complaints

Speed tables produce compliments, complaints

ANNA MARIA – City officials want to reevaluate three speed tables recently installed in the 500, 600 and 800 blocks of South Bay Boulevard as part of a street paving project. On May 26, commission…
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May 30, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Hunters Point developer sues Cortez Village Marina

Hunters Point developer sues Cortez Village Marina

CORTEZ – Hunters Point Resort & Marina has sued the neighboring Cortez Village Marina to keep it from using a canal where Cortez Village Marina claims Hunters Point should not be allowed to build…
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May 29, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Anna Maria taking vacation rental owners to court

Anna Maria taking vacation rental owners to court

ANNA MARIA – The city plans to file a lawsuit against the owners of a vacation rental home cited for five noise ordinance violations within a nine-month period. Located at 313 Magnolia Ave., the r…
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May 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Students, teachers all smiles as AME wraps another school year

Students, teachers all smiles as AME wraps another school year

HOLMES BEACH – As parents waited in line to pick up their children on the last day at Anna Maria Elementary School, the graduating fifth-grade class made a lap around the school, getting a round of a…
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May 24, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Planning board reviews 105 Elm right of way permit

Planning board reviews 105 Elm right of way permit

ANNA MARIA – The right of way permit application needed to build a beachfront home at 105 Elm Ave. has been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board and is headed to the  city commission for a final…
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May 23, 2022
By SUN contributor
Beachgoers unite, sue for access

Beachgoers unite, sue for access

HOLMES BEACH – With beachgoers filing a lawsuit Friday against the property owners on 78th Street who closed a beach access point, the Real Island Podcast team took to the airwaves Sunday in hopes of…
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May 23, 2022
By SUN contributor
Kingfish renovations make room for water taxi

Kingfish renovations make room for water taxi

HOLMES BEACH – City and Manatee County leaders aren’t seeing eye to eye on the county’s renovation plans for the Kingfish Boat Ramp, where one vision includes a water taxi stop. Responding to alle…
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May 22, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Noisy vacation rental home declared public nuisance

Noisy vacation rental home declared public nuisance

ANNA MARIA – Special Magistrate Jerry Buhr has declared a vacation rental home at 313 Magnolia Ave. to be a public nuisance due to repeated noise ordinance violations. The city of Anna Maria now p…
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May 22, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Expanded outdoor seating remains in effect

Outdoor seating allowances remain in effect

BRADENTON BEACH – The city’s expanded outdoor seating allowances for restaurants and bars will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. On May 19, the city commission reached the unanimous con…
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May 22, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Memorial Day weekend parking won’t be without peril

Memorial Day weekend parking won’t be without peril

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – With Memorial Day weekend just days away, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach are preparing for what could be record-breaking crowds. While a number of visitors will f…
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