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Ten years. A decade. A tenth of a century.
That’s how much time has passed since my wife, Maggie, and I started The Anna Maria Island Sun.
CORTEZ – The Fourth Annual Cortez Cup Regatta began without a whisper of a breeze on Saturday, as fisherman cast nets for bait on the glassy Gulf of Mexico.
HOLMES BEACH – Attorneys from three high-powered law firms came to the city to advise business owners on filing for compensation from BP for economic damages due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
ANNA MARIA – When the crowds begin to gather at the empty field at Pine Avenue and Bay Boulevard around 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, there will be plenty of food.
BRADENTON – According to local fire officials, there is no burning desire to consolidate the area’s 11 fire districts.
HOLMES BEACH – Commissioners approved a site plan for a stand-alone Walgreen’s Drug Store to be built at the south end of the Anna Maria Island Center on East Bay Drive.
BRADENTON BEACH – Saying the vote was for the wrong reason, the city commission has rescinded its vote to approve a land settlement with two developers over a project on the beach.
HOLMES BEACH – Friends, family and city employees gathered in the foyer of city hall last week to dedicate the commission chambers to former mayor and commissioner Pat Geyer.
What is a decade to a lifetime?
Depending on how long you think you’re going to live, 10 years could hopefully, be a rather small fraction of your life, but we’ve had a ball these past 10 years and time flew by.
All of life’s milestones, birthdays and anniversaries should be celebrated with the tiny bubbles in champagne. Everything about champagne is celebratory. It starts with a pop. It leaps joyously from the bottle. In the glass it sparkles with fireworks and crystal lights. The bubbles slide giggling down your throat.
When The Anna Maria Island Sun began publication in September of 2000, Anna Maria’s real estate market was in first gear. The market had moved out of neutral and was slowly accelerating forward comfortably sitting in first on its way to second.
Sea turtles have laid more nests on Florida’s beaches this year than the 10-year statewide average, and Anna Maria Island’s turtle activity is right on target.