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Jul 2, 2025 – Sun staff
February 11, 2025
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Drift-In owners appeal to governor for help

Gov. DeSantis, My wife and I own a small business in the city of Bradenton Beach located on Historic Bridge Street on Anna Maria Island in Manatee County. As we headed into 2025, we hoped to celebrat…
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February 4, 2025
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for protecting AMI

As homeowners in Holmes Beach for 25 years this very month, we write to congratulate and thank those who led our city successfully through the stressful process culminating in the OPPAGA study. The a…
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January 27, 2025
By Sun staff

Cushing deserves fair hearing

None of us on Anna Maria Island born since the storm of 1921 have ever been through anything like the hurricanes of 2024, Helene and Milton, including building officials. We had our hurricane plans…
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January 15, 2025
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Residents insist on equal protection in noise ordinance

The Holmes Beach Commission is working diligently on the Island Bazaar site plan for the old Wells Fargo location in addressing the noise issue, the discussion of which was initiated by the mayor. We…
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January 13, 2025
By Steve Borggren
December 24, 2024
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Holmes Beach residents lament development vote

We would like to extend a special thank you to all who spoke during public comment at the public hearing for the extensive site plan application for the former Wells Fargo property in Holmes Beach Ci…
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December 16, 2024
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Heavenly cartoon

I was so impressed with the cartoon on page 6 of the Dec. 11 issue of The Sun. What a wonderful tribute to Hoss, the rescue beach horse that was killed on the way home from his “work.” I drive on the…
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December 16, 2024
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Thanks to cleanup crew

During the tragedy that was Hurricanes Helene and Milton, there were many teams of helpers that were hired to pick up our precious memories that we had to place at our curbside. Most did a marvelous…
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December 3, 2024
By SUN contributor

Thanks for Thanksgiving Together

We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to Darcie Duncan and to all participating local businesses and volunteer workers for organizing and staging the extraordinary “Thanksgiving Together” celebr…
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September 3, 2024
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Flooding solution needed

Holmes Beach flooding has become a major problem. The causes appear to be two areas of road construction – the Manatee County Force Main Project and the Holmes Beach City Center project. First, the…
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