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Traffic, on and off of Anna Maria Island, was one of the key issues that members of the ULI addressed. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Experts: Anna Maria Island needs paid parking, employee housing

Land-use experts recommended Friday that Anna Maria Island officials charge for parking on the island, provide employee housing and take ownership of their identity as an ¿Old Florida¿ beach community. 35 minutes ago

Crime

Tony Getch, bond forfeitures, $1,000 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on Feb. 27, 2015

Get a look at some of the latest arrivals to the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke throws Wednesday during spring training at Pirate City in Bradenton. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Spring training | For Jeff Locke, confidence key to winning Pirates rotation spot

Jeff Locke has learned confidence has to be internalized. It cannot be dependent on strikeouts and ERA. 58 minutes ago

Business

Deep-dish pie crusts sit in racks at the ready for the opening lunch service Friday at Fratello's.MATT M. JOHNSON/Bradenton Herald

Fratello's brings Chicago-style pizza to West Bradenton

Riverhouse Reef and Grill owners Doug and Peter VanDerNoord are appealing to pizza lovers with their newly opened West Bradenton restaurant Fratello's Chicago Pizzeria. 53 minutes ago

Opinion

The members of Girl Scout Troop 936 of Bradenton talked to Doreen Bartling, far right, a program assistant with the Sarasota Y's Safe Children Coalition at Kinnan Elementary School Monday. The 16 Brownies in the troop have decided to donate a portion of their cookie sales money to the Coalition this year as well as host a skate party for Coalition children, who are often removed from their Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto county homes due to abuse and neglect. RICHARD DYMOND/Bradenton Herald

Bradenton Brownie troop on remarkable Girl Scout cookie sales run

From the too-cute department: "We always are excited and smiling and we are never droopy." So said 9-year-old Brownie Chloe Bass in explaining the secret behind Girl Scout Troop 936's remarkable success in cookie sales. 53 minutes ago

Nation/World

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to the Senate chamber from his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, as Congress closed in on approving a short-term spending bill for the Homeland Security Department that would avert a partial agency shutdown hours before it was to begin. The legislation also leaves intact Obama administration executive actions on immigration that Republicans have vowed to overturn.

Congress passes temporary funding fix for Homeland Security, averts shutdown

A night of political brinkmanship ended late Friday when the House and Senate approved a one-week temporary spending bill to avert the partial shutdown at midnight of the Department of Homeland Security. 22 minutes ago

Living and Entertainment

Country superstars Alabama are the just-announced headliners for Ranch Jam in Manatee County in March.PUBLICITY PHOTO

Alabama to perform at Ranch Jam in Manatee County

Country superstars Alabama are the just-announced headliners for Ranch Jam in Manatee County in mid-March. 45 minutes ago

Lakewood Ranch

Pulte subsidiary DiVosta would develop the new Lakewood Ranch neighborhood north of State Road 70 E.

The developer of DiVosta at Lakewood Centre is seeking preliminary and final site plan approval for the new neighborhood, which would bring 435 new single-family homes to Lakewood Ranch.

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