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Archive for 2010
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
Haiti bike
Jacob Lauderbach, right, a third-grader at Anna Maria Elementary School, collects his new bicycle at The Islander newspaper office with help from brother Zachary. Jacob entered a raffle for a chance to win the bike by donating shoes at school to the Ministry of Presence for distribution in Haiti. Islander ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Model fundraiser planned with ‘Fabio’
He once appeared in “Son of the Beach” and has modeled in numerous fashion shoots on beaches. In March 2011, Fabio Lanzoni will share the beach and other Island hot-spots with participants in a fundraiser for The Myositis Association.
The Italian actor, adventurist and model — he’s perhaps best known for ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Island tourism mixed for holidays
For some Island accommodation owners and managers last week, reservations for the Christmas-New Year’s period were off by 10 percent from last year.
Others, however, said this is just a typical holiday week for visitors.
The cold weather in Florida and a national economy that has not yet recovered from the recession ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Mayor raises concern for crime
Bradenton Beach’s mayor is pressing for increased policing in the city’s downtown district.
Mayor Bob Bartelt discussed his concerns recently with Bradenton Beach Police Chief Sam Speciale, as well as expressed them in a memo to city commissioners and city attorney Ricinda Perry.
Bartelt said he has fielded complaints about possible illegal ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Water taxi lacks traction
While the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization includes a water-taxi operation in area coastal waters as a long-range goal, there’s been “no movement” on the idea since an initial study was completed in 2005.
“The water taxi idea doesn’t have much traction right now,” said MPO director Mike Howe.
The preliminary study of ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Man arrested for neglect seeks visitation
A Bradenton Beach man arrested on charges of child neglect is asking the court to permit visitation with the child.
Lance Aaron Blaylock, 24, and Phaedra Christina Brace, 30, of Second Street North were arrested late Nov. 6 after a neighbor called the Bradenton Beach Police Department to report a crying ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Missing man found on LBK
Area law enforcement officers joined in a countywide search Dec. 20 for a 76-year-old man found unharmed on Longboat Key.
The man went missing from a Target store on U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail. Surveillance video showed the man walking out of the store at 12:50 p.m., according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Bond set in stabbing case
A Bradenton Beach man arrested for the Dec. 8 stabbing of a man in the 2500 block of Avenue B in the city faces a $35,000 bond.
Jacob Stephen Gennell, 20, was arrested for alleged aggravated battery and escape.
Bradenton Beach police also arrested a second person, a 17-year-old male, in connection ...
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Saving Christmas energy
Solar energy expert Tom Stockebrand of Holmes Beach constructed a solar-powered Christmas tree for Mike and Lizzie Vann Thrasher at the Sears cottage, part of the Anna Maria Historical Green Village at 503 Pine Ave. The solar panel collects energy from the sun during the day and stores that in ...
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