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From the April 16, 2003, issue

• Two people were killed on the Cortez Bridge after a driver crashed through the barricade and struck the rising drawbridge.

• A Holmes Beach couple was arrested for fraud for the alleged sale of a security for the Island Wines and Spirits on Marina Drive after a judge ruled the rightful owner of the store was Provident Bank. A Sarasota businessman was suing the couple for selling him a liquor license they did not own.

• The Bradenton Beach Planning and Zoning Board approved an application from owner David Teitelbaum to add 23 units to the Tortuga Inn, 1325 Gulf Drive N. The board said the total number of units on the property would be 55, still below the maximum of 59 units allowed in a multifamilydwelling zone.

From the April 17, 2013,

Issue

• Anna Maria commissioners asked for more public input on a proposed park — consisting of live oak trees, a grass lawn and 15 parking spaces — at the corner of Pine Avenue and Bay Boulevard North.

• After Holmes Beach commissioners agreed to place the Mainsail development plan on an agenda for reconsideration, action on the proposal to reconsider the prior revocation of the plan failed.

• The Florida Department of Transportation announced a series of public meetings on the future of the Cortez Bridge. The meetings were part of the project development and environmental study required before a bridge project can begin.

— lisa Neff