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Feb 26, 2019 – SUN contributor
November 6, 2018
By Sun staff
Awards

Sun earns nine statewide awards

The Anna Maria Island Sun was recognized with nine awards in the 2018 Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Competition at a ceremony in Mt. Dora on Saturday. The Sun’s online edition, amisu…
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October 30, 2018
By Sun staff
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The Sun election recommendations

Bradenton Beach City Commission Ralph Cole Marilyn Maro Holmes Beach City Commission Pat Morton Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Holmes Titsworth Holmes Beach Charter Review Commission (vote for up…
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October 2, 2018
By SUN contributor

Police officers doing their job

By William L. Tokajer Holmes Beach Chief of Police As I watch this election season come upon us, I do so with disbelief as to the way this city’s police and code officers are again the target f…
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September 4, 2018
By Sun staff

The Russians are coming

Remember that movie where the Russians overrun a little beach community? Well, it happened last week. It’s hard to believe that a weekly newspaper in paradise like The Anna Maria Island Sun cou…
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August 29, 2018
By SUN contributor
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Red tides, lost summers

By Katie Tripp, Ph.D. Director of Science & Conservation, Save the Manatee Club Martin County, located along Florida’s southeast coast, adopted the term “Lost Summer” in 2013 to describe th…
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July 24, 2018
By Sun staff

Valuing civility

Election season is upon us, and already the gloves are coming off between candidates and between some candidates and the public. The first ballot is months away from being cast, but the first punches…
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July 17, 2018
By Sun staff

ManaSota-88’s 10 reasons not to drill for oil offshore of Florida

National Security Americans consume 25 percent of the world’s produced oil, but our nation holds less than 3 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves. As a matter of national policy, it seem…
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July 10, 2018
By Sun staff

Good times

Congratulations to The Anna Maria Island Privateers for staging another great Fourth of July parade, bringing together neighbors and visitors for a wonderful day and chance to celebrate our great cou…
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July 3, 2018
By Mike Field

I am the media

The news media “is the enemy of the American people.” President Donald J. Trump Dear Mr. President: I first read that quote last year when you sent it out on your Twitter account. To be honest…
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June 29, 2018
By SUN contributor

Speaking for the silent

Lately it seems that a challenge is issued every few days against the media. Someone is always trying to silence our voices, the voices that our country’s Constitution is supposed to protect. Challen…
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