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“Now or Neverglades” campaign to save Everglades

Feb 1, 2017 – Rusty Chinnis
March 4, 2015
By Cindy Lane
John Yates

Conviction tossed in fish-tossing case

CORTEZ – The U.S. Supreme Court decided 5-4 last week to overturn the 2011 conviction of former commercial fisherman John Yates for destroying undersized grouper in a federal fisheries investigation…
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December 30, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Live Like a Local – Respect Wildlife

        Second Place Photo Illustration 2014  
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November 12, 2014
By Cindy Lane
John Yates

U.S. Supreme Court considers fish case

WASHINGTON – Some U.S. Supreme Court justices question whether a law designed to prevent documentary evidence destruction passed in the wake of the Enron scandal should have been used to convict and…
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July 16, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Whitmore working to save pelicans

In an effort to save pelicans from fishing hooks, Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore is asking local government officials to consider passing an ordinance similar to one used in Naples, publi…
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May 14, 2014
By Cindy Lane
White and brown pelicans

Law needed to help pelicans, turtles

HOLMES BEACH – After a year of trying to educate fishermen not to cut fishing lines that entangle pelicans and other wildlife, Jeannie Bystrom wants Island officials to emulate Naples and pass ordina…
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May 7, 2014
By Cindy Lane
Black skimmers

Flippers and Feathers

Turn off outdoor lights visible from the beach from sundown to sunrise, and close drapes and blinds; lights can fatally disorient nesting and hatching sea turtles. Do not aim camera flashes…
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March 5, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Respect the manatee’s river

There is a good reason for the Manatee River’s name – manatees live there. So do sea turtles – one laid a nest at DeSoto National Park recently. So do dolphins, and other animals that don’t ge…
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February 12, 2014
By Cindy Lane
September 21, 2013
By Cindy Lane
Regina marker

Explore the Regina

BRADENTON BEACH – While visiting Anna Maria Island, divers may want to visit the wreck of the Regina, a state underwater archaeological preserve, marked by buoys off the 800 block of Bradenton Beach…
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August 21, 2013
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Bye bye, reef

Just for the record, there’s no question that we need the beach renourishment that’s planned to begin shortly to make room for the profusion of new visitors who daily discover Anna Maria Island. A…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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