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Jul 27, 2020 – SUN contributor
June 4, 2019
By Sun staff

Ahead of the curve

Another school year has come and gone with no harmful incidents to students or staff at Anna Maria Elementary School (AME). In this day and age, safety has become a worry for all schools in this c…
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March 12, 2019
By Sun staff

No winners in noise battle

There are many sides, but no winners in the battle over residential noise on Anna Maria Island. On one side are full-time residents who want to maintain the peace and quiet of their once completely r…
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March 5, 2019
By SUN contributor

Letters to the Editor: Roser crucial to book sale

Once again, the Friends of the Island Library are very grateful to Roser Community Church for making a space for us to have our popular book sale. A smaller space, but we had fewer books. The sale wa…
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March 5, 2019
By SUN contributor

Letters to the Editor: Thanks for Sun support

On behalf of the board of directors of the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) and the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival committee we want to say thank you to the AMI Sun for your contin…
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February 26, 2019
By SUN contributor

Letters to the Editor: No late calls, please

Our mayor is a morning person. I remember during noise ordinance discussions, her describing sleeping in as 8 a.m., something service workers laughed at and felt compelled to correct. Our chief of po…
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February 26, 2019
By SUN contributor

Letters to the Editor: Where did you go, “Island time?”

The Holmes Beach City Commission appears to want to “speed up” Island traffic by adopting regulations designed to effectively eliminate golf carts. These regulations are presented in the name of safe…
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February 21, 2019
By Tom Vaught
Beer Can Island

Grilled chicken in paradise

After many years of enjoying Florida’s cuisine – seafood, shellfish and other treats – I was diverted by a Jimmy Buffett song to that ground beef and cheddar cheese sandwich known as the cheeseburger…
January 1, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Sun Person Murphy

Dan Murphy is Sun’s Person of the Year

ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy is The Sun’s 2018 Person of the Year. Working with the city commission, city staff and outside contractors, Murphy spent much of 2018 working on getting a…
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December 4, 2018
By Sun staff

Fair or foul?

Part of a true sportsman’s enjoyment of any sport is knowing you have won or lost while playing by the rules. Florida’s duck hunting rules say that you can shoot at a duck on the wing during seaso…
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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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