Top Stories this week: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 Anna Maria Elementary School kindergartners were at the head of the parade for this year's Fall Festival. Spooksters from each grade level walked from Wachovia to St. Bernard Catholic Church where students from each class were judged in a costume contest and games, food and festivities were enjoyed by kids of all ages. Islander Photo: Diana Bogan One dead, two injured in Holmes Beach crash A 77-year-old Bradenton woman died last Thursday around 10:45 a.m. after the car she was driving was struck by a Suzuki sport utility vehicle, then a delivery truck at the Manatee Avenue-East Bay Drive intersection in Holmes Beach. Full Story... Anna Maria candidates different yet similar By Rick Catlin. Islander Reporter The four candidates in Anna Maria for the three seats available on the city commission in the November elections expressed a variety of viewpoints on issues at TheIslander candidate forum Oct. 26. Incumbents John Quam and Dale Woodland are seeking re-election, while political newcomers Jo Ann Mattick and Christine Tollette have also entered the race. Full Story... Development moratorium coming in Anna Maria By Rick Catlin. Islander Reporter Expect lawyers and big developers to be out in force at the Nov. 15 Anna Maria City Commission meeting. Full Story... Holmes Beach commission candidates open up By Rick Catlin. Islander Reporter The four candidates seeking one of the three city commission seats up for election Nov. 8 met at The Islander candidate forum Oct. 27 and offered some differing and similar views on issues. The candidates are incumbents Rich Bohnenberger, Don Maloney and Patrick Morton along with challenger David Zaccagnino. Full Story... Holmes Beach ponders comp plan amendment By Rick Catlin. Islander Reporter Holmes Beach city commissioners were placed in a quandary at their Oct. 25 meeting when city planner Bill Brisson pointed out that a portion of the future land-use map approved with the 1989 comprehensive plan is at odds with the current zoning for that portion of the city from the former Morland Marine property south to Anna Maria Elementary School. Full Story... Policy issues on ballot in Bradenton Beach Nov. 8 By Paul Roat. Islander Reporter It will be a choice of policy, not people, on the ballot Nov. 8 for Bradenton Beach voters. Full Story... County inching ahead on Seafood Shack deal By Jim Hanson. Islander Reporter Manatee County appears to be moving very slowly toward a possible offer to buy Ham Jones's Seafood Shack in Cortez. Full Story... Nov. 8 is Election Day on Island Voters from all three Island cities will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8, to decide a number of issues. Full Story... Hirsch new Privateers chief Scott Hirsch has become acting president of the Anna Maria Island Privateers, succeeding Gregory "Shiprek" Davidson, who died Oct. 17. Full Story...