Bradenton Beach News and Events
A current, up to date list of Bradenton Beach Events including art and crafts shows, festivals, fairs and special events taking place in and around Bradenton Beach.
Bradenton Beach headlines for area news sources keeping you abreast as to what is happening in and around Bradenton Beach.
Bradenton Beach Events
Pittsburg Pirates Spring Training
1611 9th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205
The Pirates 2012 Spring Training schedule consists of 15 home games and will also feature an intrasquad "Black and Gold" game on Friday, March 2.
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Baltimore Orioles Spring Training
Ed Smith Stadium
2700 12th Street, Sarasota, FL 34237 (941) 893-6300
Single game tickets for all 15 of the Orioles Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium go on sale Saturday, January 28 at 10 a.m. ET. These may be purchased online, or at the Box Office or by calling (800) 745-3000. Season, group tickets, suites and other specialty areas are available now by calling (941) 893-6300. Website
The Bridge Street Market
The three-year-old market, which feature vendors selling their fruit and vegetables, tea and honey, olive oil, seafood, local artwork, candles, unique handmade jewelry and more out of canvas-covered stalls, will run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Sunday now through April 29 at 107 Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach.
The Beach Market: Gulf Drive Cafe and Tiki Bar, 900 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach
The Beach Market, a weekly market at the beach, will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays through Jan. 29 featuring vendors offering fresh produce, arts and crafts, jewelry, original artwork, apparel, purses, skin care, candles, holiday items, seafood, olive oil, fresh baked bread, food and more. Breakfast and lunch are availabe for purchase. Part of the proceeds will be donated to local charities. Information: 941-799-2181.
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Bradenton Beach News Headlines
Welcome to winter, Southwest Florida style
After two consecutive abnormally chilly winters, when beach tourists toted hot toddies instead of cold beer, we start winter today with temperatures much more typical for the season — even a little on the warm side.
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Longboat Key Pass Bridge construction begins
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will begin repairs to the Longboat Key Pass Bridge on State Road 789 from north of Northshore Road on Longboat Key to south Coquina Park in Bradenton Beach. The work is set to begin this week and continue through April 30, 2012. The construction will be ongoing throughout the day and nighttime hours with a suspension of activity from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2 and Jan. 13-17. A spokesperson for FDOT said nighttime temporary lane closures will be controlled by flaggers and there will be no lane closures Friday through Sunday. During the construction, motorists will have to follow a 35 mph speed limit, but the bridge will not be closed to motorists or boaters.
Low-speed vehicles popping up around SW Florida
They can already be spotted crawling around the cities of Anna Maria Island and Sarasota’s keys. For three nights every week, they are creeping around downtown Sarasota.
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Beleaguered beachfront property in Bradenton Beach finally sells
The largest open piece of beachfront property on Anna Maria Island will finally be developed following its purchase last week by a firm that pursued the five-lot package for three years.
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Tortuga pergola nixed, gift shop OK’d
Guests who check in at Tortuga Inn would be able to get quick take-out under a resort expansion that earned a recommendation from the Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Board.
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Thank you, tourists
Tourism officials confirmed this week that Florida — and Manatee and Sarasota counties — hosted more visitors between April and June, compared with the same quarter last year.
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New Marine Rescue Facility Opens Aug. 15
Manatee County Public Safety Department invites the public to a grand opening ceremony and tour of the new Marine Rescue Facility on Monday, Aug. 15 at 2:00 p.m. There will be a brief dedication ceremony followed by tours of the building and light refreshments.
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Recording Artist Mike Sales to be Named Official Singer of Bradenton Beach
Next Thursday, Mayor Bob Bartelt of Anna Maria Island will be naming independent recording artist, Mike Sales, the Official Singer of Bradenton Beach at the City Commission meeting. He's already known as Mr. Anna Maria Island, so the moniker would only make sense.
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City to save for Bridge Street pier rebuild
Bradenton Beach commissioners, while budgeting for 2011-12, also are budgeting for a major capital improvements project — the reconstruction of the Historic Bridge Street Pier.
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Sea turtle nesting season off to good start
Sea turtle nesting season is off to a good start this year, with 1,085 nests deposited on area beaches from Venice to Anna Maria Island.
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Beach horse attractions could be banned
Braces-wearing tourist Brianna Ingruet of Chicago gripped a horse's tail and skimmed along the water as the 1,000-pound animal paddled through Palma Sola Bay.
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New rules on sunscreen and how they apply to you
Attention, sun lovers (and yes, that includes all who think they are adequately protected against the sun's damaging rays): Nearly four years after announcing its intention to improve the labeling of sunscreens, the Food and Drug Administration has finally issued new rules that should help reduce the confusion that currently prevails when consumers confront the aisle-long array of products in most pharmacies.
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Sarasota may outlaw all tobacco at city parks
A proposed smoking ban at city parks now seeks to outlaw all tobacco products, even smokeless products such as chewing tobacco.
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Bradenton looks to rein in beach rides
However, the city of Bradenton is about to rein in all this horsing around. City council members are moving to ban horses on the beach and have directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance. Public hearings will be held on the issue in the future.
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Bradenton Beach commission reviews boater registration regulations
The city commission isn’t ready to bail on a resolution they adopted last fall creating a registration for boaters in the Bradenton Beach Mooring Field south of the Bridge Street pier.
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