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CORTEZ - Local musician Eric Von has a new CD, released the first day of the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival on Saturday and coming...

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CORTEZ – Junior Guthrie’s net camp is safe – for now. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) won a summary judgment against Raymond Guthrie...

There has never been a more important time for residents of our Gulf coast region to understand the importance of the resource that brought...

CORTEZ – John Stevely holds up a two-toned, blue kitchen pot scrubber. “This is not a sponge,” he declares. The manmade commercial product is not as...

Take a trip behind the scenes of the A.P. Bell Fish House with fourth generation Cortezian Karen Bell. Learn how fish are caught and...

Have you ever wanted to write down a significant event in your life but didn't know where to start? Check out the Folk School...

Celebrate the second anniversary of the Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum with a beginning acrylic painting class. Students will paint the Burton Store,...

Create a beautiful bouquet of flowers out of local seashells at the Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum's shell flowers class. Preregistration at least...

Learn the Japanese art of Gyotaku at The Florida Maritime Museum's Folk School. Preregistration at least one day in advance is required. The cost...

CORTEZ - It’s after Thanksgiving and a cold front has passed through, but what should be mullet season hasn’t really started yet, thanks to...

CORTEZ – Cortez resident Kenny Jeffries won the Fifth Annual Flippin’ Mullet Sports Bar Mullet Fishing Tournament at the Swordfish Grill in Cortez on...

CORTEZ – Vermont resident David Fisher dreamed of one day retiring and spending his winters with his wife Sue at their second home in...

MANATEE COUNTY – The winner of the District 6, at-large County Commission race between incumbent Carol Whitmore and challenger Candace Luther will help represent...

From rigging to radios, all things nautical were on sale at the 21st Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market at the Florida Maritime Museum on...