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Top Stories this week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

This week on Anna Maria Island:

Longboat Key police chief killed in crash

Al Hogle, Longboat Key police chief, was killed May 14 in a motorcycle crash in North Carolina. According to Longboat Key Police Capt. Bill Tokajer, Hogle was riding with a group of friends in the mountains of North Carolina when …

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Algae surfaces on beaches

By Rick Catlin, Islander Reporter

That brown-looking scum that some Island beach-walkers recently reported seeing washed up along the shoreline is not from an oil spill, as some think, but is an alga common in the Gulf of Mexico that has mixed with ordinary reddish-brown …

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AM mayor declines second term

By Rick Catlin, Islander Reporter

Anna Maria Mayor Mike Selby said last week he will not seek a second term in the November city election. The mayor said it took him longer than he expected to make his decision, but believes it is the right …

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Island Trolley sets record, concerns raised

By Rick Catlin, Islander Reporter

Many Island residents and accommodation industry owners, managers and rental agents are thanking their lucky stars for the fare-free Island trolley. Ridership of the trolley, which began operating in 2002, set a one-month record in March 2012 with 64,663 passengers. …

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Third Bradenton Beach P&Z board member resigns

By Mark Young, Islander Reporter

A third member of the Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Board has resigned following a contentious May 3 city commission meeting laden with accusations and arguments aimed at P&Z members. Longtime board member and former city commissioner Bill Shearon submitted …

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HB woman guilty of Key Royale Club embezzlement

By Kathy Prucnell, Islander Reporter

    Holly Connelly was found guilty May 11 of charges she schemed to defraud more than $50,000 from the Key Royale Club by Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Thomas Krug at the Manatee County Judicial Center, Bradenton.      “It was …

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No new leads in missing paddleboarder

By Mark Young, Islander Reporter

There are no leads in the search for paddleboarder Jeffrey Comer, 50, who went missing April 29 while paddleboarding in Gulf of Mexico waters off the shore of Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County. Comer’s paddleboard was found adrift …

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Roadwatch, May 16-23

Marina Drive from 59th Street to 62nd Street in Holmes Beach will be closed from May 16-23 for construction of stormwater drainage lines by the city, according to Bob Shaffer of the building department. A detour will move traffic on …

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