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Top Stories this week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sparky the Clown entertains the crowd at the Anna Maria Island Historical Society Heritage Day festival March 6 at the museum complex, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. With sunny skies and water temps, the Saturday event drew a continuous crowd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Islander Photo: Lisa Neff
The Bradenton Beach City Commission March 4 reviewed and adopted a new alcohol ordinance intended to ease and equalize the process for new businesses.
The nine-page ordinance removes a provision in the city code setting a minimum 200-foot distance requirement that applied to establishments serving alcohol on Bridge Street and in the historic district, but nowhere else in the city.
Rotten Ralph’s is seeking to sell packaged beer and wine under its existing state license for the Historic Bridge Street Pier operation.
Restaurant operator Dave Russell told city staff during a pier team meeting March 4 at city hall that he only recently learned the restaurant was licensed for such sales.
A Manatee County recommendation committee reviewed March 2 the various proposals submitted to operate the concessions at Manatee and Coquina beaches.
The present contract to run the beach restaurant and concessions winds down in July after an extension was granted for a period when county work at the beach slowed the operations.
Top Top Notch: Waves, camera, action
Chris Pate of Holmes Beach won the grand prize in The Islander's annual Top Notch contest with his photograph of a wave-skater at White Avenue beach. Pate won $100 from the newspaper, plus gifts from Islander advertisers, including a $50 gift certificate from the Chiles Restaurants Group, a $50 certificate for Hair's to You Salon, a $25 certificate from Mister Roberts Resortwear, a $10 certificate for Minnie's Beach Cafe and the framing of the winning photo by Karly Carlson Custom Framing. The weekly winners received Islander "more-than-a-mullet wrapper" T-shirts and front-page placement of their photos. Next week, The Islander's honorable mentions in the popular contest.
