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Awards 2019


November 20, 2018
BRADENTON BEACH – City Commissioner Randy White has been deposed as part of the discovery process for the city-initiated 2017 lawsuit that alleges six city advisory board members violated the Sunshin…
August 29, 2018
            First Place Original local Editorial Cartoon 2019
July 10, 2018
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…
June 29, 2018
A long, long time ago at a newspaper not so far away, two Tampa Tribune reporters did their job and wrote some stories. One was about Cuban exiles holding an election in the U.S. for a provisional…
June 11, 2018
BRADENTON BEACH – Former Planning and Zoning Board member Patty Shay is now the third Sunshine lawsuit defendant deposed by attorney Robert Watrous. Shay was deposed Tuesday, June 5, at a court re…
June 5, 2018
BRADENTON BEACH – Sunshine Law lawsuit defendants Reed Mapes and Tjet Martin have been deposed by attorney Robert Watrous. Defendant Patty Shay is scheduled for deposition this week. Defendants Bi…

May 20, 2018
BRADENTON BEACH – Paralegal Michael Barfield says Sunshine Law violations that former city board members are accused of committing were not innocent mistakes made by uninformed volunteers. He also…

April 15, 2018
Updated April 16, 2018 HOLMES BEACH – A fire caused an estimated quarter million dollars in damage to the iconic West Coast Surf Shop, 3902 Gulf Drive, the afternoon of Sunday, April 15, but every…

February 27, 2018
CORTEZ – Local commercial fishermen plan to petition Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) next month to place an amendment on the November ballot reversing the gill net ban. Mark Coars…

            Second Place Original Local Editorial Cartoon 2019