Island Cities

Rotten Ralph's bill to stay open in Bradenton Beach: $286,000

The owner of Rotten Ralph's in Bradenton Beach has not paid the city rent in nine months, but won a 30-day reprieve from the city Thursday. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Bradenton Beach city officials will negotiate how much the owner of Rotten Ralphs owes in order for the restaurant to remain open on the Historic Bridge Street Pier.

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Anna Maria passes moratorium to limit height of houses

Anna Maria commissioners passed an administrative moratorium that limits the height a house can be built in the city to thwart the construction of short term rental homes.
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Holmes Beach will undergo landscaping renovation

The City of Holmes Beach will undergo a $500,000 public transportation makeover this summer.
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Holmes Beach uses building moratorium to define city character

City commissioners are scheduled to vote Jan. 8 on whether to approve a moratorium on construction in the areas zoned for duplexes.
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Florida's economy a Ponzi scheme, professor says

The keynote speaker of the Sustainable and Authentic Florida Conference hinted the state's past may have led to its problems today.
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Longboat Key Colony resort will have 18 months to find options

The unit owners of the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort will have another 18 months to finalize a repair plan.
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Colony Resort on Longboat deemed unsafe

A engineering report has deemed the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort unsafe.
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Longboat Key revitalization plan will spruce up Whitney Beach, residents hope

Longboat Key officials hope a plan to revitalize Whitney Beach brings change.
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Anna Maria's Green Village awarded environmental achievements

The developers of the Historic Green Village on Anna Maria Island will be awarded LEED Certification today.
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Body found in waters between Anna Maria Island and Skyway

MANATEE -- Boaters discovered the body of an unknown man floating in the water in between the tip of Anna Maria Island and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the sheriff’s office reports.
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‘Sick of looking at it,’ Anna Maria Island man removes neighbor’s fence

MANATEE -- A man took down his Anna Maria Island neighbor’s chain link fence and had it hauled it away because he was “sick of looking at it.”