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Fish house owner in Catch-22

Apr 27, 2019 – Cindy Lane
November 20, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Bradenton Beach commissioner deposed

Commissioner deposed regarding Sunshine lawsuit

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…
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August 29, 2018
By Steve Borggren

Gas mask

            First Place Original local Editorial Cartoon 2019
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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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June 29, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Part of the job

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…
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June 11, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Sunshine Depositions

Sunshine lawsuit depositions continue

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…
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June 5, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Deposition Reed Mapes

Mapes and Martin deposed in Sunshine lawsuit

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…
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May 20, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Sunshine Press Conference

Press conference sheds light on Sunshine lawsuit

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…
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April 15, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Fire hits West Coast Surf Shop

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…
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February 27, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Net ban

Fishermen to cast vote against net ban

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…
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May 3, 2017
By Steve Borggren

To die for

            Second Place Original Local Editorial Cartoon 2019
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