A Save Anna Maria officer is questioning whether Manatee County Commissioners Carol Whitmore and John Chappie violated Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Law at a Beach Bistro gathering Sept. 15. County Commissioner Joe McClash also raised concerns about the dinner meeting and questioned the appropriateness of county officials’ participation in an Anna Maria Island ...

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Anna Maria No new reports. Bradenton Beach No new reports. Holmes Beach Sept. 18, 100 block of 67th Street, disturbance. A Holmes Beach Police Department officer was dispatched to check a report of kids who had camped out at the beach where excrement and toilet paper were found. The officer went to the beach, but ...

Soccer season settles in at Center field The 2010 recreational soccer season is officially under way at the Anna Maria Island Community Center with games being played every night of the week and some Saturday matches. Though it’s early to track trends and prognosticate which is the team to beat, it’s apparent ...

216 Elm Ave., Anna Maria, a 2,363 sfla / 3,277 sfur 4bed/2bath/4car home built in 70x110 lot was sold 09/10/10, Schoenknecht to Gutchess for $695,000; list $849,000. 523 68th St., Holmes Beach, a 1,766 sfla / 2,938 sfur 3bed/2bath/2car canalfront home built in 1970 on a 87x108 lot was sold 09/09/10, ...

Genevieve Novicky Alban Genevieve Novicky Alban, 91, formerly of Anna Maria, died Sept. 22 in Orlando at the home she shared with her daughter and son-in-law, Genevieve and Donald Parm. She was born March 7, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio. She received a teaching certificate from Kent State University in 1938 and taught ...

Anglers salivating for fall kingfish run Anglers are anxiously preparing for the fall kingfish run. Dropping water temperatures and the influx of bait in the area should draw the kingfish in from the south within a few weeks. Already, there are tons of Spanish mackerel off the beaches, another indication that ...

Wednesday, Sept. 29 5:30 to 7 p.m. — Longboat Key/Lido Key/St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce “Business After Hours” at the Anna Maria Olive Oil Outpost, 401 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 941-383-2466. Fee applies. Saturday, Oct. 2 8:30 a.m. — Manatee County Commissioner Larry Bustle speaks to the Kiwanis Club of Anna ...

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The first ever recall election in Manatee County history ended at 9 a.m. Sept. 20, when the Anna Maria canvassing board certified the Sept. 7 vote to recall Commissioner Harry Stoltzfus from office 362-331. Certification came following a Sept. 16 order from Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal that lifted a ...