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Where have all the volunteers gone?

Sep 4, 2023 – Sun staff
May 22, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Chamber thanks golf tournament participants

The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce wishes to thank everyone who participated in our 2023 Golf Tournament for Scholarships at IMG Academy Golf Club. We wish to acknowledge our Presenting Sponso…
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May 22, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Sign petition opposing parking garage

Manatee County citizens can take action by signing a petition to request that Gov. Ron DeSantis veto CS/HB 947 allowing Manatee County to permit a parking garage without meeting the Land Development…
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May 8, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Perseverance comes with a price

The treehouse saga has gone on for 10 years. The Trans certainly are deserving of a perseverance award for what many consider their insane struggle against the government. Personally, I thought the t…
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May 1, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Island Shopping Center needs sprucing

The appearance and condition of the Island Shopping Center in Holmes Beach does a disservice to the entire AMI community. The cement sidewalks in front of the stores and restaurants are a disgrace. T…
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April 24, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Timeline for destruction

How did we come to the point where some want to further destroy what used to be one of the most beautiful locations in Florida? Here is my view: Officials on Anna Maria Island responding to complaint…
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April 24, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Preserve Island character

We applaud our Holmes Beach mayor and commissioners and their fellow civic leaders in Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach for defending longstanding, reasonable local “home rule,” certainly a tradition on…
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April 17, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Beach forecast

According to current science, rising sea levels will go up more than a foot by 2050. That’s 27 years from now. That means the beaches will be about gone. Gone! There won’t be much reason to go…
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April 17, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Kiwanis offers thanks

On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island, we would like to thank our churches who took part in our 58th Annual Easter Sunrise Service. The attendance was fantastic and the weather didn’t di…
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April 3, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: The good fight

If there is anything positive that comes from the recent attacks on home rule, it is how this threat has brought people from all over the world together in a fight to save Anna Maria Island and the t…
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March 13, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Parking garage won’t solve problems

On March 1, I attended a Town Hall Meeting in Holmes Beach conducted by County Commissioner George Kruse. The main topic of the meeting was the traffic issues on Anna Maria Island and the proposed pa…
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