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However, Diggins said a ferry captain found the channel into the marina too narrow for the fleet’s catamarans to enter for docking at Spooner’s slip. Elliott Falcione, executive director of the ...

Changes may be in store for the Bradenton Beach Marina. Owner Allan Bazzy highlighted renovation plans for the marina on Church Street, just south of the Cortez Bridge on Anna Maria Sound, at a ...

A 15-minute ferry boat ride that departs directly from the resort’s private marina runs daily from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 ... Ideal Weather And Smaller Crowds The 15 Best Things To Do In Bradenton, Florida ...

Deputies arrested a Bradenton teacher accused of molesting and inappropriately touching students at a local charter school, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said. Richard Silberman ...

A driver hit a teenager running across the street to a bus stop Wednesday morning in Bradenton, police said. The crash happened around 8:20 a.m. near the intersection of 15th Street East and 13th ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The Bradenton Police Department is investigating a child who was hit at a school bus stop. According to BPD, this happened just before 8:20 a.m. Wednesday morning at 15th ...