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Red tide reaches Anna Maria Island

Aug 7, 2018 – Joe Hendricks
July 24, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Sail

Imagine there’s no plastic

When Capt. Bill Brooker takes the Chomsky out on Sarasota Bay for a lesson or a charter, he watches the clouds for rain. He watches the sails for wind. And he watches the water for trash, particularl…
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July 24, 2018
By Cindy Lane

New manatee, turtle decals out

Show your support for manatees and sea turtles with new waterproof decals available for $5 each from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Decals generate funding for resear…
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July 17, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Hands Across the Sand oil protest

Lawsuit seeks protection from drilling

Environmental group Earthjustice has sued the Trump administration in Tampa federal district court for failing to complete a report about offshore drilling’s harms to threatened and endangered specie…
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July 17, 2018
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Trade show features fishing gear

On Wednesday, July 11, I attended ICAST, the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades held in Orlando, Fla. I made the trip with Steve Traves, owner of AMI Outfitters, and Capt. Casey L…
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July 17, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Turtle window cling

First nests of season bittersweet

Updated July 17, 2018 A sixth nest was disoriented in Holmes Beach on July 17, north of 66th Street. A dozen hatchlings in poor condition were discovered, according to Turtle Watch. HOLMES BEAC…
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July 10, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Turtle bench

Turtle Watch at loggerheads with city on benches

HOLMES BEACH – After the fireworks on July 4, beachgoers saw a loggerhead sea turtle come ashore, collide with a bench on the beach north of 66th Street and struggle to nest under it, said Suzi Fox…
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July 3, 2018
By Rusty Chinnis

Protecting and preserving the Gulf

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes. – Marcel Proust As I read Jack Davis’ new novel, “Gulf, The Making of An American Sea” this quote by the semi…
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June 29, 2018
By SUN contributor
manatees

Help manatees; boat safely

The 4th of July is a busy boating holiday with Florida’s waterways beckoning in-state and out-of-state boaters to enjoy its many charms, including manatees. Save the Manatee Club urges residents a…
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June 19, 2018
By Cindy Lane
bird harassment snowy plover

Bird harassment complaint investigated

HOLMES BEACH – An unidentified woman has frightened two snowy plovers and their three chicks off their nest at 5400 Gulf Drive condos, and they have disappeared, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Sh…
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June 19, 2018
By Rusty Chinnis

Sarasota Bay Watch restoring clams

Sarasota Bay Watch conducted its fourth large-scale planting of Southern hard-shell clams Saturday, June 16. Over 30,000 clams were transported from Pine Island Sound and loaded onto a barge provided…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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