Top Stories this week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Mark and Debbie Enoch and Alan Kahana of United Parks Service will begin operations of concessions at the Manatee Public Beach in Holmes Beach July 21. Islander Photo: Nick Walter
The Board of Manatee County Commissioners decided in a 4-3 vote Tuesday to offer United Parks Service of St. Petersburg a contract to operate the concession at the Manatee Public Beach.
The contract to operate the concession at Coquina Beach was not discussed at the May 11 meeting.
Manatee County Utilities Department announced today, May 13, that a notice to boil water following a shutoff for Anna Maria Island Tuesday, May 11, has been rescinded.
Holmes Beach resident Barbara Hines is concerned about the quality of food that could soon be served at Cafe on the Beach.
With a Manatee County decision pending May 11 on approval of a contract to United Parks Service of St. Petersburg, Hines and two friends decided April 26 to head to Fort DeSoto State Park in Pinellas County where UPS is the concessionaire.
The lawyer and former Indiana judge was less than impressed.
Members of the Recall Commissioner Stoltzfus committee in Anna Maria said last week they have 206 voter signatures, well above the minimum 136 needed to submit the petition.
Committee member Carol Carter, husband of committee chair Bob Carter, said committee volunteers would continue to gather signatures until the petition is submitted.
The Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office has notified Anna Maria city clerk Alice Baird that voting in all future elections in the city will no longer be conducted at city hall, but at the Roser Memorial Community Church on Pine Avenue.
Special event requests typically get included on a catch-all consent agenda unanimously approved by the Bradenton Beach City Commission.
Not so May 6 for requests to hold a Memorial Day cookout and Mother’s Day and Father’s Day brunches in the new chickee hut at the Gulf Drive Cafe, 900 Gulf Drive N.
Bicycles, scooters and kayaks will not be part of the United Parks Services plan for Manatee Public Beach, according to UPS’s Mark Enoch.
A committee of three county employees recommended UPS to operate the concessions at Coquina and Manatee beaches, and the negotiated contract will be a topic for the Manatee County Board of Commissioners beginning at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, on the first floor of the County Administration Center in downtown Bradenton.
Holmes Beach Police Detective Michael Leonard is seeking information on the identity of the suspect pictured here at the Island Walgreens store. If you have information, call Leonard at 941-708-5804.
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.
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