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October 12, 2011
Coast Lines: No bones about it; jellyfish bad news
They have no backbone, no brains and no heart, which is probably why a jellyfish can sting the living daylights out of you without missing a beat.
It was a box jellyfish – not the sharks that she…
August 17, 2011
Dogs just want to have fun
LONGBOAT KEY – A Longboat Key dog owner has started a movement to allow dogs on the beach, drawing more than 100 supportive e-mails in less than a month.
“We have a beautiful public beach that is…
January 26, 2011
‘GWTW’ fans will love ‘Moonlight’
ANNA MARIA – Should Hollywood give the people what they want or what they need?
It’s a serious undercurrent in the laugh-out-loud comedy, “Moonlight and Magnolias” at The Island Players through Fe…
December 30, 2010
Commission chair tells tourism agency of problems
HOLMES BEACH – As the Manatee County Tourist Development Council applauded a report of record tourism on Monday and approved adding $500,000 to the county’s $2.6 million tourism marketing budget, Hol…
December 30, 2010
Coast Lines
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Portfolio Photography
2011
December 15, 2010
Teeth bared at Cortez coyote workshop
CORTEZ – Coyote activists, cat lovers, bird advocates and residents grieving over pets killed by coyotes occasionally bared their teeth at each other last week at an educational workshop on how to li…
December 3, 2010
Robert J. Ellison Memorial Award
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Portfolio Photography
Robert J. Ellison Memorial Award
2010
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November 24, 2010
Coast Lines: Octopi and golf balls – a perfect match
It doesn’t surprise John Labash to pull yet another stone crab trap out of the Gulf of Mexico and find an octopus has gobbled up his profits.
He just bags the octopus and sells it to Bell Fish Co…
November 3, 2010
Musil-Buehler mystery persists
HOLMES BEACH – Her favorite holiday, Halloween, has just passed, and Election Day, Nov. 4, marks two years since anyone has reported seeing Haley’s Motel co-owner Sabine Musil-Buehler.
Her disappe…
October 27, 2010
Roots in the water
CORTEZ – Like the mangroves that line local shorelines, Manatee County’s historic roots are in the water, and the Florida Maritime Museum at Cortez is bringing two chapters of local history to life…













