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Awards, Awards 2014, Coast Lines, Outdoors, Second Place, Special Sections

Explore Island beaches and parks

Anna Maria Island’s beaches and parks are its main attractions, and the reason is clear -the emerald green waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Named for the delicate, pastel creatures that dig into…

Awards, Awards 2013, Entertainment, Parks and nature, Second Place, Special Sections

March 6, 2013

By Cindy Lane

Cruise the historic river

MANATEE RIVER – It’s hard to imagine today on bustling Anna Maria Island, but it didn’t use to be the Gulf of Mexico that brought people to Manatee County. In the mid-1800s, it was the Manatee Riv…

First Place, Special Sections

March 6, 2013

By Cindy Lane

Flood insurance rising

For vacation homes, second homes and commercial properties, the dam is breaking on flood insurance premiums kept artificially low with subsidies. Premiums could rise up to 25 percent per year for…

First Place, Special Sections

December 31, 2012

By Cindy Lane

Portfolio Photography

First Place Portfolio Photography 2012

First Place, Special Sections

December 31, 2012

By Sun staff

Best weekly

First Place, Special Sections

December 30, 2012

By Cindy Lane

Listen to the people

We are pleased that they saw the wisdom and necessity of saving the mangroves, the seagrass beds and the marine life, and denied the marina proposal. But in approving the rezoning for Long Bar Poi…

Awards, Awards 2013, Editorial, Opinion, Special Sections, Third Place

December 30, 2012

By Cindy Lane