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Commissioner Kruse hosts Island talk
Kristin Swain
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September 26, 2023
HOLMES BEACH – Only 18 people came out to the Island Branch Library on a stormy Wednesday night to hear what Manatee County Commissioner-at-large...
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Commissioner Kruse hosts Island talk
Kristin Swain
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September 26, 2023
HOLMES BEACH – Only 18 people came out to the Island Branch Library on a stormy Wednesday night to hear what Manatee County Commissioner-at-large...
Painted rock honors young Iowa woman
Joe Hendricks
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September 26, 2023
Commissioners approve funding to remove derelict boats
Leslie Lake
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September 26, 2023
Siddique, Shoemaker enter county commission race
Joe Hendricks
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September 26, 2023
Ferry will stop at Anna Maria
Joe Hendricks
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September 26, 2023
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Steve Borggren
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September 25, 2023
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Kristin Swain
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September 25, 2023
Wednesday, Sept. 27 Explore Nature: Tower Talk, Robinson Preserve, 1704 99th St. N.W., Bradenton, 10 a.m. One-on-one tech help, Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes...
‘Farce of Nature’ begins Players’ 75th season with laughs
Jason Schaffer
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September 19, 2023
ANNA MARIA - Director Mike Lusk’s talented cast brings plenty of laughs as the Island Players’ first performance of their historic 75th season hits...
Fourth of July Parade wet, wild fun
Jason Schaffer
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July 11, 2023
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – More than 120 participants in the annual Anna Maria Island Privateers Fourth of July Parade loaded their vehicles with water...
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Get ready for fabulous fall fishing
Rusty Chinnis
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September 26, 2023
The first cold front is probably still a month or more away, but fish are showing up and now is a great time to...
Turtle season slows to a crawl
Leslie Lake
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September 26, 2023
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The 2023 turtle nesting season is coming to an early end, partly due to Hurricane Idalia. “No changes in nest numbers,”...
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Leslie Lake
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September 25, 2023
Turtle nests laid: 405 (Record: 544 in 2019) False crawls: 438 (Record: 831 in 2010) Hatched nests: 295 (Record: 453 in 2022) Hatchlings: 22,995 (Previous record: 35,850...
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Market in the eye of the beholder
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September 26, 2023
To some people, our national real estate market is downright awful, but to others, it may be the best of real estate times. It’s...
County changes historical property oversight
Leslie Lake
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September 19, 2023
CORTEZ – A proposal to shift the oversight of historical properties from the Manatee County Clerk’s Office to the Sports and Leisure Division was...
Property owners with equity may tend to overpay
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Monica Simpson
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September 19, 2023
ANNA MARIA – With the sun’s heat pounding on The Center of Anna Maria Island’s field, the two teams slated to play the week’s...
The Center kicks off fall adult soccer
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This is in response to the Aug. 23 edition of the Anna Maria Island Sun, “Beach parking garage fight continues.” I just want to add...
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