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Sunday, December 11th, 2011 | The Anna Maria Island Art League held its twenty-fourth Winterfest Festival of Fine Arts and Fine Crafts on Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11, 2011, at City Hall Park in Holmes Beach, Anna Maria Island. The quality of this show had been raised to very high levels in recent years by Art League director Joyce Karp, who stepped down this year. Still, many of the same excellent artists from all around the country were glad to return.
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 | No effects on Anna Maria Island. No Florida landfalls. Slightly above long-term average named storms. 3 US landfalls, 2 in Gulf (Don, Lee, Irene). Hurricane Irene caused extensive damage to east coasts states from NC to NY.
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 | 2011 will continue above-average activity, and above-average probability of a major hurricane landfall. On Anna Maria Island, the historical record of hurricane paths over the last 90 years looks like trending to lower landfalls, but odds are still high.
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 | Bayfest returns for 2010 in Anna Maria. The always popular event will be held October 15th, 5pm to 10pm and 16th, 10am to 10pm at Pine Ave in Anna Maria City, at the north end of Anna Maria Island.
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Friday, June 18th, 2010 | The pristine beauty of Anna Maria Island’s beautiful clean white-sand beaches is something that thousands of local people and visitors care very much about. Although the oil spill occurred almost 400 miles from our beaches, and although there is no oil near our shores, it is worth being prepared to act in case the oil comes our way.
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 | From Anna Maria Island, one of the most awesome views is the launch of a space shuttle.
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 | sad to see the effects of this coldest spell in ten years on the wildlife…we saw lots of large fish swimming in strange circular motions near the surface of the water… jack crevalles were suffering and most of them died, along with snook and many other tropical species
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | For years, people arriving on Anna Maria Island via any of the bridges have had a wonderful close-up view of the water along the way. In fact, many of the island’s more laid-back residents and visitors express their welcoming of bridge openings, as opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the surroundings. They don’t mind pausing [...]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 | Anna Maria Island bridge will close from early morning, Monday, September 29th, to allow planned repairs. The closure is for 45 days, but may be shorter if the work progresses ahead of schedule, or longer if there are delays. Traffic to and from the island will be detoured to the Cortez bridge to the south. [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008 | Anna Maria Island beaches felt the effects of Hurricane Ike this week with several days of high surf and high water. Every day this past week brought a good swell and copious waves as Ike passed 300 miles away to the south west of Anna Maria Island. The storm emerged off the coast of Cuba [...]
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