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Permit For Holmes Beach Hotel ?

Back in 2001, a former landmark restaurant "Pete Renard's", and briefly "Marina Bay", lay abandoned and deteriorating in the heart of Holmes Beach. Opposite the main mall Island Shopping Center, and sitting on prime waterfront with boat canals and docks,

Daylight Savings Time Is A Waste

Does "daylight savings time" save energy? Does it save money? Does it save lives? Does getting up when the sun is lower in the morning sky mean you have more time before you go to bed at night? "One hundred

C&C Marina Becomes Bradenton Boat Club

The new Bradenton Boat Club marina and boat condominium is emerging from the former C&C Marina in Cortez. Construction is progressing on 3 buildings that will accommodate 272 boats in dry storage, and 10 wet slips. The $17 million boat

Florida State Amendment 1 Opposition Continues

Those of us in the real estate business in our area fully understand the current market problems and we agree that Amendment 1 will not "jump start' the real estate market as suggested by Tallahassee [state capital] and our

Great Blue Heron Rookery - Fledglings

The 3 Great Blue Heron chicks that we referred to in the story Great Blue Heron Rookery have now fledged and left the nest. In the past week, first one, then two, and finally the third have taken short departures from

Binoculars As Digital Camera Telephoto Lens

Here's how to use your binoculars to take excellent distant photos without an expensive camera and telephoto lens. I have an aging Canon PowerShot Digital ELPH camera which takes great pictures but has only a 2X optical zoom and 6X