Wednesday, April 20 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — The Moral Instinct lecture by Alan Grindal at the Studio at Gulf and Pine, 10101 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 941-359-4296. Thursday, April 21 6 to 8 p.m. — Dining for Women giving circle and potluck dinner at the Sandpiper Resort Clubhouse, ...

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With renourishment vessels in the distance, beachgoers carry on with their day and a Great Lakes Dock and Dredge crew moves sand pumped to north Coquina Beach by miles of pipe that reach to a quality sand borrow in Tampa Bay. Islander Photos: Lisa Neff

Paul Hackney spread out his towel, pitched an umbrella and leaned back against the big renourishment pipe to bask in the April 6 sunshine. The “glug, glug, glug” of the sand and water coursing through the pipe — from distant Tampa Bay to the renourishment site on north Coquina Beach — ...

With the $6 million project to renourish Coquina Beach and a .6 mile portion of Anna Maria beach under way, bid packets were mailed to about 15 companies for the second phase of nourishment expected to start this summer. Rick Spadoni of Coastal Planning & Engineering, Manatee County’s contracted marine engineer, ...

The Anna Maria Island Community Center may have a way to honor its “burn the mortgage” slogan and generate some much-needed revenue for the center. Allowing a cell tower on the property could generate as much as $72,000 in annual revenue, if not more, and the center could receive a payment ...

Construction began earlier this month at the Bridge Street beach access in Bradenton Beach, where a crew is putting up a walkover to protect the dune. The work will be completed before May 1, the official start of the sea-turtle nesting season, according to city officials. Meanwhile, city officials continue to await ...

The Anna Maria Island Community Center suspended a 30-year-old male staff member April 1 on learning the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office had received a complaint of alleged sexual activity by the male with a 17-year old female who participates in center activities. The information was included in a complaint made by ...

A Bradenton Beach man set to stand trial later this year for allegedly stabbing a man and then escaping from police is facing a new criminal charge. A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrested Jacob Gennell, 20, in Palmetto on April 1 for alleged possession of a firearm/ammunition while under a ...