Bradenton Beach News

The Manatee portion of Gulf of Mexico Drive was repaved this summer. The Florida Department of Transportation will host a public information meeting to inform residents about upcoming construction projects in Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach and Longboat Key 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Tuesday's municipal elections in Manatee County feature contested races for three Bradenton City Council seats, Bradenton Beach mayor, Holmes Beach City Commission and Anna Maria City Commission.

While the St. Petersburg mayor race has been getting a lot of the attention, there were a number of other races on the ballot today across the Bay area.

It's Election Day on the Suncoast tomorrow. Voters in Venice will get a chance to pick two new city council members.

Some call it a right, others say it's a duty. The eligible voters of Bradenton and the three cities on Anna Maria Island will have the opportunity to exercise that right or duty when they show up at the polls Tuesday.

Voters in Bradenton and the three Anna Maria Island cities will go to the polls Tuesday to elect some of their officials.

A real estate auction held in downtown Sarasota on Tuesday confirmed what many in the region already knew: Residential properties at the lower end of the market are moving, but luxury real estate is sitting still.

The three cities on Anna Maria Island will go to the polls on Nov. 3, with a mayoral race in Bradenton Beach and both Holmes Beach and Anna Maria electing three commissioners from fields of five candidates.

Campaign reports filed as of Oct. 23 indicate that challenger William "Bill" Shearon outspent incumbent Michael Pierce in the initial weeks of the Bradenton Beach mayoral race.

The three cities on Anna Maria Island will go to the polls on Nov. 3, with a mayoral race in Bradenton Beach and both Holmes Beach and Anna Maria electing three commissioners from fields of five candidates.

Members of the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials are deeply concerned about the potential for the Florida Legislature to open up new areas in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling.

Former local resident Jeannie Pierola has been running a restaurant consulting firm for the past 20 months and globetrotting on behalf of corporate clients who need her culinary expertise.

The results are in from The Islander's unofficial Popcorn and Politics voter poll, held Oct.

A dredge operation near Jewfish Key will use land at Coquina Beach Bayside for the stockpiling of sand.

Bradenton Beach will hold another hearing on its 2009-10 budget despite having passed the spending plan and setting the millage rate in September.

Easter Seals Southwest Florida and SunTrust Bank will hold a job fair next week focusing on those with disabilities.

The controversial issue of whether oil drilling should be expanded off the Florida coast moves back into the Manatee spotlight next week.

The Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Board determined Oct. 6 that the city should review a code provision limiting alcoholic beverage sales on Bridge Street.

Bradenton Beach Police arrested Derek D. Lauterbach, 27, and Clarissa L. Sportelli, 18, both of Holmes Beach, on vehicle burglary charges.

Holmes Beach city officials are wondering: How low can they go? The city is working on a floodplain plan with the goal of lowering flood insurance premiums for property owners and lowering the risk for major damage from floodwaters.