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This week on Anna Maria Island: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021
‘Tenacious’ fire in Cortez, $2.5M yacht a total loss West Manatee Fire Rescue Fire Marshal Rodney Kwiatkowski said, “This is likely the most tenacious fire we’ve gone to war with.” The 911 call for a boat fire at Cortez Cove Marina was made at about 3:45 p.m. Jan. 18 with WMFR and Cedar Hammock firefighters and apparatus responding. They fought the fire aboard the 75-foot Princess Motor Yacht, dry-docked for repairs at the Cortez Cove Marina on the waterfront at 4522 121st St. Court, Cortez, for 18 hours and prevented damage to surrounding boats, structures and the environment in the process. Story: Page 3. Islander Photo: Courtesy Jim Carver
‘Tenacious’ fire in Cortez, $2.5M yacht a total loss
by Kane Kaiman | Be the first to comment
WMFR fights fire aboard dry-docked $2.5M yacht in Cortez The 911 call for a boat fire at Cortez Cove Marina […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, Feature, Featured Image, News
‘Amazing’ day
Country singer Garth Brooks, takes the stage Jan. 20 and performs “Amazing Grace” a capella for the Biden-Harris inauguration in Washington, D.C. Brooks invited the inaugural subjects and the audience to sing along on the final verse. The country music legend has performed for all the U.S. presidents since Jimmy Carter with the exception of Ronald Reagan. He and wife Trisha Yearwood own beachfront property in Holmes Beach. Islander Screenshots
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, Feature, News
Bernie waits at AMI bridge
“When you reach the Anna Maria Island Bridge and there are no dolphins leaping in the Intracoastal Waterway, you wait.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and his mittens on Inauguration Day became a sensation, sending #berniesmittens into the viralsphere. Islander publisher Bonner Joy created this meme using a website, bernie-sits, launched by New York graduate student Nick Sawhney. Islander Sawhney/Google Image
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News
Island police assist, secure Biden-Harris inauguration
Officers from the Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach police departments stand Jan. 18 after being sworn into the Secret Service for the presidential inauguration. The officers who traveled to Washington, D.C., to assist with security in the capital included HBPD Sgt. Mike Walker, left, and Officers Christine LaBranche, Lee Diehl and Adam DeSantis, as well as BBPD Officers Roy Joslin and Devon Straight. Islander Photos: Courtesy Gail Straight
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, Feature, News, Police
Demo deadline passes, stay sought
by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Another deadline to demolish Raymond Guthrie Jr.’s house in Sarasota Bay near Cortez's commercial docks has come and gone. And […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, Feature, News
Vaccine tourism regulated, county supply exhausted
by ChrisAnn Allen | Be the first to comment
Change appears on the horizon. The state issued new health guidelines Jan. 21 requiring COVID-19 vaccines only be given to […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News
BB sides with county, limiting ramp refueling operations
by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Paradise Boat Tours may not have much longer to use the South Coquina Boat Ramp in Bradenton Beach to refuel […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News
Eyes on the road 01-27-2021
The Florida Department of Transportation and Manatee County posted the following: Cortez Road and 119th Street West in Cortez: Work […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News, Police
AM asks public for pier ideas
by Amy V.T Moriarty | Be the first to comment
Anna Maria officials are fishing for ideas. City commissioners and Mayor Dan Murphy are interested in public opinion about the […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News
Anna Maria announces nominations for top citizen
by Amy V.T Moriarty | Be the first to comment
An Anna Maria committee was set to review nominations for citizen of the year but a Jan. 22 meeting to […]
Category: 01-27-2021, Community, News
Top Notch Prized winnings
Prized winnings
Katy Roadman of Holmes Beach, winner of The Islander’s 2020 Top Notch photo contest, collects her prize package at the newspaper office. Roadman one a “More-than-a-mullet wrapper” T-shirt as a finalist and then the grand prize, which included $100 from The Islander and gift certificates from contest sponsors, including Slim’s Place, Island Coffee Haus, Restless Natives, Mr. Bones BBQ and Cremesh European Restaurant. Roadman won with a night photo of her children playing on the beach. Islander Photo: Bonner Joy
The Islander’s 2020 Top Notch photo contest launches
The Islander’s Top Notch contest begins anew. The contest celebrates what still is known as the “Kodak moment,” despite the […]
Last week's roundup
Vessel removed from under Cortez Bridge | Be the first to comment
Grand jury indicts former islander, others with murder | by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Island police ‘honored,’ called to serve at Biden-Harris inauguration | by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Surf’s up on AMI | Be the first to comment
Roadside protest | Be the first to comment
Wait, wait, don’t tear it down | Be the first to comment
HB City Hall closes again due to pandemic concerns | by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Everyone needs a safe place to land… | Be the first to comment
Cleanup in Gulf continues for wrecked shrimp trawler | by Ryan Paice | Be the first to comment
Covid cases fall off, vaccine drained | by ChrisAnn Allen | Be the first to comment
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Sports
Center sports comeback: Adults, kids tackle football, more
by Kevin P. Cassidy
Are you ready for some more football? Youth flag football is up and running at the Center of Anna Maria […]
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Fishing
Plenty of species are going for live shrimp inshore, offshore
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After a mild cold front, fishing around Anna Maria Island is proving more accessible and productive. Venturing offshore to ledges […]
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Real Estate
Island real estate transactions - 01-27-2021
by Bonner Joy
1603 Gulf Drive N., unit 24, Bradenton Beach, a 380 sfla, 1 bed / 1 bath condo-hotel built in 1971 […]
Streetlife
Streetlife - 01-27-2021
Anna Maria Jan. 15, 500 block of South Bay Boulevard, animal complaint. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint […]
Classifieds
The Islander Classifieds: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021
ITEMS FOR SALE TWO GE FRIDGES: 28 by 28 by 64 inches, good condition, $89/each. 941-778-3920. ELECTRIC LIFT CHAIR: Heat […]