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Fabio Lanzoni, international model and actor, much recognized for a series of romance novel cover photos, visited Anna Maria Island over the past weekend. He attended a fundraiser party at the Gulf Drive Cafe Tiki Hut and dined with five women, top bidders in a Myositis Association at the Beach ...

Anna Maria developers Mike and Lizzie Vann Thrasher recently revised their plans at the Anna Maria Historic Green Village on Pine Avenue to include a place for the Angler’s Lodge, village manager Katie Wight said. The lodge, now at 115 N. Bay Blvd., was built around 1914-15, according to Sissy Quinn, ...

The Anna Maria Chamber of Commerce board of directors learned March 16 that the Longboat Key Trolley operated by the Manatee County Area Transit and the Sarasota County Area Transit is in jeopardy of being dropped for lack of use. The fare-free Island Trolley funding, meanwhile, is safe this year ...

Bradenton Beach commissioners recently signed off on a five-year contract for Waste Pro to collect recyclables. The commission unanimously approved the contract during its regular meeting March 17, allowing the Waste Pro service to begin April 7. Later this month, the commission will discuss contracting with a company for solid waste collection. Currently, ...

A 74-year-old woman died March 15 after going into full cardiac arrest in the Gulf of Mexico just off the shore in Holmes Beach. Before Manatee County and West Manatee Fire Rescue personnel arrived, other beachgoers tended to the woman, who had been found in the Gulf in the 3400 block ...

Manatee County commissioners authorized the county administrator to enter negotiations that could lead to creation of another northwest Bradenton preserve — a Robinson II. The county commission, which addressed the possible land-acquisition during a meeting March 15, also has an opportunity to acquire environmentally significant properties along the Braden River. The potential ...

Manatee County commissioners are lobbying state officials to continue Florida’s commitment for renourishment projects. The county board drafted a letter to the legislative delegation urging support for beach renourishment at the state level. Gov. Rick Scott, in his proposed fiscal 2011-12 budget, omitted renourishment funding. Such an omission would not impact this spring’s ...