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Aqua mangrove trimming prompts FDEP warning
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Aqua mangrove trimming prompts FDEP warning

Sep 12, 2022 – Joe Hendricks
September 5, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Dispute leads to tolls, traffic lights for canal boaters

Dispute leads to tolls, traffic lights for canal boaters

CORTEZ – Boaters can expect one-way navigational patterns in the privately-owned Hunters Point canal, with some having to pay automated tolls to use it. Canal access will remain free for canal-sid…
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September 5, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Summer’s unofficial end comes quietly

Summer’s unofficial end comes quietly

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The official number of visitors to the Island won’t be available for a few days, but this Labor Day weekend appeared to be a more subdued event than last year, when the post-COVID…
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September 5, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Paid parking plans taking shape

Paid parking coming to Bradenton Beach

BRADENTON BEACH – City officials soon will begin negotiating with Easy Parking Group owner Josh LaRose to create a paid parking program on city-owned lots. The commission unanimously authorized Ci…
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August 31, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Whitmore reflects on election results

Whitmore reflects on election results

HOLMES BEACH – Holmes Beach resident Carol Whitmore’s tenure as a Manatee County commissioner will end in November. Seeking a fifth term in office, Whitmore lost the At-Large District 6 Republican…
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August 29, 2022
By SUN contributor
City center project set for September start date

City center project set for September start date

HOLMES BEACH – City leaders have spent more than a year planning for improvements to be made at city center, the intersection of Gulf and Marina drives, but those plans haven’t had an anticipated sta…
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August 29, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Hunters Point files complaint against Cortez Village Marina

Hunters Point files complaint against Cortez Village Marina

CORTEZ – The Cortez Village Marina ownership group is named in a new complaint that alleges the marina is being operated without a state-issued environmental resource permit or is being operated in v…
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August 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Bradenton Beach officer involved in crash

Bradenton Beach officer involved in crash

BRADENTON BEACH – While on his way to work on Aug. 22, Bradenton Beach Police Officer Steven Masi was sitting in traffic in Palmetto when a car cut across the road in front of him, smashing into the…
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August 29, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Proposed food truck regulations stalled

Proposed food truck regulations stalled

ANNA MARIA – City officials are pumping the brakes on their efforts to create a designated food truck area at the northwest end of Bayfront Park. With potentially impacted residents and property o…
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August 29, 2022
By SUN contributor
Beach access remains closed

Beach access remains closed

MANATEE COUNTY – The battle between neighbors for beach access on 78th Street in Holmes Beach came to a close when a judge ruled against granting a temporary injunction to reopen the path to the sand…
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August 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
DOH-Manatee recognized for emergency preparedness

DOH-Manatee recognized for emergency preparedness

BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Health – Manatee County (DOH-Manatee) is being recognized by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) for its staff’s ability to pla…
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April 9, 2025
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The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting