Cortez News

The Manatee County commissioners heard Thursday from some of the taxpayers on where to cut or not cut next year's budget.

Gene and Marilyn Terrico, Kissimmee, Fla.; and Kevin and Cathy Robinson, Salem and Cortez, Fla., are announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children Gina Marissa Terrico and Tyler Jay Robinson, Orlando, Fla.

Bradenton police have arrested a 53-year-old Manatee woman on a charge of hitting and killing an elderly pedestrian in a parking lot and leaving the scene of the crash.

A plan for a proposed cell tower near the Bradenton Beach Police Department. A rendering of what a proposed unipole near the Bradenton Beach Police Department might look like to someone standing at Bridge Street and Church Avenue.

And now there are four. The West Manatee Fire & Rescue District facilities committee has winnowed the field to four firms to conduct a needs assessment for the various facilities in the district, which includes Anna Maria Island, Cortez and northwest Bradenton.

Islanders preview the Manatee County Area Transits new Island trolley at Holmes Beach City Hall in March 2002.

Carol Dekar didn't let the down economy or the fact that all the snowbirds have flown back home deter her from expanding her Pink Pineapple furniture store.

Two convicted sex offenders have moved from the Cortez area in the past three months, leaving two known convicted offenders living in that area.

A shrinking state budget could adversely affect renourishment plans for beaches on Anna Maria Island.

Divers Paul Banning, T. Rex and Wayne Grazzini head into the Gulf. The Anna Maria Island Privateers regularly remove litter from Marina Drive in Holmes Beach.

Wares Creek and the Palma Sola Causeway are two city of Bradenton locations targeted for a cleanup Saturday.

A company controlled by Southwest Florida developer Edward K. Buchanan has sold a five-acre tract near the DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton to Habitat for Humanity for $1.4 million.

Two men were arrested Wednesday after they eluded police and pointed guns at an officer, according to an arrest reports.

Manatee County Sheriff's deputies, working with a U.S. Postal Inspector, have arrested a Cortez resident for possession of child pornography.

Judy Hoffman was in the Tobacco Depot on Cortez Road on Tuesday stocking up on cartons of Liggett Select cigarettes before today's federal tax went into effect.

Authorities say a Bradenton man who was commissioned to build a home for his neighbor failed to pay more than $83,000 to subcontractors.

Tampa International Airport will get $8 million in federal economic stimulus money, which will be used to reconstruct a taxiway, airport officials said Monday.

With 20 rooms in six buildings, a heated pool and direct access to the gulf beach.

During the year, several art festivals come to Main Street at Lakewood Ranch. They paint the sidewalks with booths displaying vibrant art and fill the air with artistic chatter.

Bradenton Beach staff and elected officials are giving a last review to a proposal for $700,000 in improvements along Gulf Drive.