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Under Egmont 4: Egmont cemetery mysteries put to rest

Dec 30, 2015 – Cindy Lane
February 25, 2015
By Cindy Lane
Rob Whitehurst at St. Augustine National Cemetery

Under Egmont 3: Found

ST. AUGUSTINE – When Rob Whitehurst began looking for the grave of his great-great-grandfather, the Internet was new, with scant information, and research was challenging. When he learned that Joh…
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February 4, 2015
By Cindy Lane
Egmont Key cemetery

Under Egmont 2: Unearthing Egmont Key’s mysteries

EGMONT KEY – Underneath Egmont Key, there’s even more history than its century-and-a-half-old lighthouse, the ruins of its Spanish-American War fort and its 1905 red brick road, now used mostly by go…
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January 30, 2015
By Cindy Lane
Narcissus anchor

Under Egmont 1: History’s mysteries persist at Egmont Key

EGMONT KEY – Underwater and underground at Egmont Key, mystery and history have intertwined since the mid-1800s. Just off the northern tip of Anna Maria Island, which has bathed in its lighthouse…
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December 31, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Beach renourishment

        First Place News Photo 2014
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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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December 30, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Robert J. Ellison Award

            Third Place Portfolio Photography (The Robert J. Ellison Award) 2014  
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December 10, 2014
By Cindy Lane

County cracking down on resort tax evaders

The Manatee County Commission has toughened an ordinance targeting resort tax evaders. Under its provisions, a property owner who fails to pay resort taxes on a short-term vacation rental may now…
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November 12, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Support wanes for returning tourist tax to AMI

SARASOTA – Amending the tourism development tax law to allow one cent of the five cents-per-dollar tax revenues to be repaid to the municipalities that generated them will not be a 2015 legislative p…
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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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November 7, 2014
By Cindy Lane
Coast Lines: Save the refuge for the birds

Army exploring for explosives

PASSAGE KEY – Now a peaceful bird sanctuary, Passage Key was a bombing and aerial gunnery range during World War II, and the military plans to explore it for unexploded munitions within the next year…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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