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Archive for March, 2013
Manatee County natural resources director Charlie Hunsicker will have his fingers crossed when Congress votes March 27 on a new spending plan. Included in the plan are emergency funds to restore beaches damaged by Superstorm Sandy and Tropical Storm Debby.
Hunsicker said T.S. Debby did considerable damage to Anna Maria Island ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Keep cool, says BB top cop
With the winter visitor season in high gear on both Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, Bradenton Beach Police Chief Sam Speciale has some advice for motorists.
“Have patience,” he said, especially if the drawbridge is raised.
He sees traffic backups routinely when the Cortez Bridge bascule goes up. Vehicles stack up ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Lack of support kills BB gateway project
Bradenton Beach Commissioner Gay Breuler expressed disappointment after a March 7 capital improvement projects meeting that effectively killed her effort to beautify the city’s gateway.
Breuler was authorized via consensus to pursue the landscaping project in September 2012. She was authorized to use $2,600 from the Scenic Waves Partnership Committee budget ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
BB police officer recovering from head-on crash
Bradenton Beach Police Officer Erik Hill’s prognosis is significantly better than initially suspected following his March 3 head-on vehicle collision with a North Carolina fugitive.
Amanda Varner, 24, led police on a brief pursuit along Holmes Boulevard in Holmes Beach, after her tag revealed she was driving a car stolen out ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
New city position created, appointed by Holmes Beach mayor
Holmes Beach volunteer and native islander, Mary Buonagura, was hired by Holmes Beach Mayor Carmel Monti to a newly created city position as a human resource specialist.
In a press release, Monti said he hired Buonagura to update job descriptions, policy and procedure manuals, create performance evaluations, reinstate grievance procedures ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
HB commish poised to approve chickens
Holmes Beach appears ready to allow chickens into the city.
An ordinance to allow residents to raise egg-laying hens within the city’s limits is on the March 12 commission agenda for final approval.
A 4-1 vote last month approved the new rule on chickens on first reading.
Commissioners in favor ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Cortez man arrested for passing counterfeit cash
A 20-year-old Cortez man was charged Feb. 28 with two counts of felony counterfeit and misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine.
According to the probable cause affidavit, a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy was contacted by a Winn-Dixie employee at 3500 53rd Ave. W., Bradenton, regarding a man who attempted to pass a ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Island real estate transactions – 03-13-2013
A sale address was incorrectly listed in the March 6 edition of The Islander. The sale at 537 68th St. should have been for 537 67th St., Holmes Beach, a 2,261 sfla / 2,744 sfur 3bed/2bath/2car canalfront home built in 1972 on a 100x114 lot was sold 02/12/13, Tucker to ...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Roser Church celebrates century
Roser’s century of service celebrated Click Here for Images
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Obituaries – 03-13-2013
Jeffrey Neal Blackwood
Jeffrey Neal Blackwood, 53, of Ballston Spa, N.Y., and Bradenton Beach, died March 1. He was born May 19, 1959, in Ballston Spa.
He first worked at the Ballston Journal, then at West Milton Nuclear Power Plant until he was transferred to Texas. He also worked at Stewart’s Corporation ...
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