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Editorial: Selling access to the sand

May 21, 2024 – Sun staff
December 31, 2023
By Steve Borggren
November 21, 2023
By Sun staff

Public comment fiasco avoided – somewhat

John Burns is a First Amendment champion. The Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Commission member asked the right questions of the board’s attorney last week when the attorney tried to discourage…
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October 2, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Kids want wetlands preserved

Dear Manatee County Commissioners, We are kids who live in Manatee County and the surrounding areas. We love our community and our environment. We are sunset watchers. We are kayakers of mangrove sw…
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October 2, 2023
By SUN contributor

Guest Editorial: Wild AMI depends on us

Anna Maria Island provides more than pristine water and white sand beaches for residents and visitors. As one of Florida’s west coast barrier Islands, it is ecologically diverse and an important habi…
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September 24, 2023
By SUN contributor

The importance of socializing your child early

By Pam Bertrand As the director at School For Constructive Play, my 30ish years in early childhood education have produced many parent questions. Some questions are asked in a panic, “She touched…
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September 12, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Garage would ruin appeal of Manatee Beach

This is in response to the Aug. 23 edition of the Anna Maria Island Sun, “Beach parking garage fight continues.” I just want to add my voice in support of the comments made by Holmes Beach Police Ch…
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September 4, 2023
By Sun staff

Where have all the volunteers gone?

Election season is coming up and it’s a strange one this year on Anna Maria Island, mainly because there are no elections being held in any of the three cities. All the qualified candidates are incum…
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July 24, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: Add beaches, not garages

My wife and I have been homeowners in Manatee County for 30 years and permanent residents for about half that time. We now reside full-time on Anna Maria Island, where we built a new home in 2014. It…
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June 26, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Island Sun Staff, The Copeland family would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the remembrance edition dedicated to the life and legacy of Pat Copeland, recently pub…
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June 21, 2023
By SUN contributor

Letter to the Editor: DeSantis should veto HB 947

There is a smarter, less costly approach to increase parking capacity in Holmes Beach. Anna Maria Island (AMI) is a treasure. We must protect it from the current misguided construction plan of a fou…
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April 9, 2025
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