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April 13, 2017
By SUN contributor
Manatee

Controversial action puts manatees in harms’ way

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued its final rule to downgrade the status of the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. The rul…
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March 17, 2017
By Sun staff
Editorial - tropical perspective

Editorial | Tropical perspective

John Lennon and Paul McCartney once wrote a song that started with the line, “I read the news today, oh boy.” One might feel the same way when viewing the local headlines here on the Island, which…
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February 6, 2017
By SUN contributor
Jean Peelen

Why I marched in the Women’s March

On Saturday, Jan. 21, I traveled to Washington, D.C., where I marched in the Women’s March along with one of my daughters, two of my granddaughters, two old friends (fellow authors of “Saving the Bes…
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February 1, 2017
By SUN contributor
Letter to the Editor

Rental and homeowner rights

Dear Senator Steube: I am a full time resident of Holmes Beach, a third generation native and owner of the #1 Re/Max franchise in the state of Florida. I state all of that to you in hopes of you u…
January 1, 2017
By Steve Borggren

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July 20, 2016
By Steve Borggren
July 13, 2016
By Cindy Lane
Year in review: Environment

Of tourists and turtles

In a vacation resort like Anna Maria Island, it’s tough to educate people about sea turtles because the audience is a moving target. Visitors who have learned something about vacationing on a turt…
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December 2, 2015
By Mike Field
Port Dolphin

Goodbye and good riddance

Call it a win for the environment. Or maybe just market forces playing out, with capitalism being the final arbiter of a deeply flawed plan. Either way, the residents of Anna Maria Island and surr…
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December 30, 2012
By Cindy Lane
Long Bar Pointe

Listen to the people

We are pleased that they saw the wisdom and necessity of saving the mangroves, the seagrass beds and the marine life, and denied the marina proposal. But in approving the rezoning for Long Bar Poi…
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December 30, 2009
By Cindy Lane

East of Eden

BRADENTON – The map says it all. A jaw-dropping 200 acres east of the Robinson Preserve in northwest Bradenton could become one of two things. It could become a golf course, as planned. Or i…
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