Holmes Beach News

Legal Aid of Manasota, in partnership with Community Capital Reinvestment Corp., is sponsoring a clinic for homeowners who are facing foreclosure.

The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting next week to update Anna Maria Island residents of ongoing and upcoming road projects.

It's been a tough year for Pat Geyer, between her knee replacement, her husband Ed's passing and losing her recent re-election bid for Holmes Beach commissioner.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. CAFE ZEST Lee Roy Selmon shows off his new line of sliders.

This weekend, Anna Maria Island ushers in its arts season with the annual ArtsHOP.

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.

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 today.

Voters largely preferred to keep incumbents in office Tuesday in elections in Bradenton and three island cities.

Family and friends came together on Holmes Beach at sunset to hold a vigil for motel owner Sabine Musil-Buehler, who went missing one year ago.

Three incumbents tonight were re-elected to seats on the Bradenton City Council.

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

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.

Holmes Beach Police arrested three people last week for vehicle burglaries, with further charges pending.

While barbs and jabs are going off like firecrackers in Anna Maria's city commission race, the two men vying for Bradenton Beach's mayoral post are quietly courting voters.

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.

Once the pier at Manatee Public Beach is demolished in December, odds are slim that funding will be available for a longer pier, according to Manatee County natural resources department director Charlie Hunsicker.

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

Sue King, representative of U.S. National Bank, stood in front of Holmes Beach city commissioners Oct.

Holmes Beach Police have arrested Mark S. Krauss, 19, of Holmes Beach and an unnamed juvenile on charges connected to four burglaries in the city.

Mainsail Development will use the Tidemark site plan approved in 2001 for its guest lodge/marina adjacent to Wachovia Bank in Holmes Beach, Mainsail president Joe Collier said.