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Dolphins still dying from recent red tide

Jul 16, 2019 – Cindy Lane
July 6, 2019
By Cindy Lane
First hatchlings of season disoriented on Fourth

First hatchlings of season disoriented on Fourth

HOLMES BEACH – Sea turtle hatchlings whose dash to freedom on Independence Day was spoiled by lights got a police escort to the Gulf of Mexico. The loggerhead turtles – the first nest to hatch thi…
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July 5, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Blue-green algae warning signs coming

Blue-green algae warning signs coming

BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Health plans to post caution signs at the boat ramp on the Braden River at State Road 64 warning people, “Blue-green algae may be in these waters. There may be t…
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July 4, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Where’s Bortie Too?

Loggerhead sea turtle Bortie Too has traveled 103 miles since being tagged and released after nesting on Coquina Beach on June 21. She may be coming back to land to nest again, according to Anna Mari…
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July 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Florida flotsam washes up on European beaches

Florida flotsam washes up on European beaches

Updated July 5, 2019 – ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Visitors to this resort island say it all the time when meeting folks from far-flung hometowns – “Small world!” Second Place Humorous Column 2020 Ho…
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July 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Algae causes fish kill in Manatee River

Algae causes fish kill in Manatee River

BRADENTON – Blue-green algae persists in Robinson and Perico Preserves, and has caused its first fish kill. “Blue-green algae and brown algae have become pervasive in the Lower Manatee River, Peri…
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June 30, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Dog days strategies

Dog days (Latin: diēs caniculārēs) are the hottest, most sultry days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most commonly experienced in the months of July and August, whic…
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June 25, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Tarpon primer

Tarpon are one of the premier gamefish that swim local waters and are a noble adversary on any tackle. The fish that frequent our beaches during the months of May through August can weigh over 200 po…
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June 21, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Algae in Manatee River

BRADENTON – Non-toxic algae blooms have been detected in the Manatee River this week, according to today’s report from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Algae appeared in t…
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June 21, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Bortie Too tagged, released

Tagged sea turtle off to races

BRADENTON BEACH – Following in the flipper tracks of predecessors Bortie I, Eliza Ann and Amie, a female loggerhead sea turtle named “Bortie Too” was satellite tagged on Coquina Beach after nesting t…
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June 18, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: The morning run

Reel Time: The morning run

The surroundings flooded my senses as the morning dawned, a receding thunderstorm having just ionized the air with a freshness that only served to enhance the fragrance of white stopper blooms that w…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting