Top Stories this week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012
Gridlock in Bradenton Beach
Bradenton Beach police direct traffic Jan. 29 on Gulf Drive at the Gulf Drive Cafe & Tiki-Gulf Drive Market, 900 Gulf Drive N.
This week on Anna Maria Island:
Cafe reapplies for market permit
By Mark Young, Islander Reporter
The Gulf Drive Market, 900 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach, backed up traffic to Holmes Beach, south to Longboat Key and at the Cortez Bridge-Gulf Drive intersection Jan. 29 — which was to be its final day of operation. Traffic …
19 new charges filed against Littlehale
By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter
Ronald Littlehale, 64, of Holmes Beach, was charged Jan. 26 by the Holmes Beach Police Department with 19 counts of possession of child pornography. These are in addition to 13 counts against Littlehale related to unlawful solicitation of minors and …
Few spoil Anna Maria for many, agents say
By Rick Catlin, Islander Reporter
Anna Maria is tackling the problem of rowdy renters at rental properties before it worsens, basing a need for regulations on recent incidents in the city. Taking a cue from Holmes Beach, where the issue arose about six months ago, …
Bradenton Beach homeowner wins variance hearing
By Mark Young, Islander Reporter
Variance requests to city ordinances are not uncommon, but getting to the point at a quasi-judicial hearing before a special master is rare in Bradenton Beach. At a Jan. 17 hearing at Bradenton Beach city hall chambers, 107 Gulf Drive, …
Jury finds Bradenton Beach man guilty
By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter
A Manatee County jury Jan. 25 found a Bradenton Beach man guilty of the 2010 stabbing of another local man following two and half hours of deliberation. Bradenton Beach Police Detective Leonard Diaz said Jacob Stephen Gennell, 21, was …
Doritos Super Bowl ad contest has Island hook
By Mark Young, Islander Reporter
There is potentially $1 million on the line, future guaranteed work and the prestige of having worked on what may be the funniest commercial aired during Super Bowl XLVI. No pressure there. While most Americans will entrench themselves in front …
Holmes Beach opposes tax repeal
By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter
The Holmes Beach city commission Jan. 17 unanimously approved a resolution opposing pending Florida legislation that seeks a repeal of the local business tax receipt law. The proposed legislation, if passed, will eliminate Holmes Beach’s authority to tax local …
DEP grants tree hut extension
By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter
Richard Hazen, owner of Angelinos Sea Lodge, 103 29th St., is running out of time to justify keeping a two-story tree hut he built without permits last year. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resource Management, …
Island roadwatch, Feb. 1-8
Drainage improvements will continue in the area of 60th Street and Marina Drive this week in Holmes Beach, and motorists are advised to drive with caution when construction equipment is present. A spokesperson for contractor Woodruff & Sons of Bradenton …
Holmes Beach sex offender disappears
A convicted sex offender who had lived in the 600 block of Dundee Lane on Key Royale, Holmes Beach, for more than five years has apparently moved from his residence, but has failed to inform Florida law enforcement of his …
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