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🌱 New Bradenton Beach Pier rules carry $200 docking fines

Bradenton Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

What's up Bradenton Beach! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • New Bradenton Beach Pier rules carry $200 docking fines
  • Bradenton Beach backs turtle-friendly lights, with a higher city bill
  • Bridge Street joins the region's holiday celebrations on Nov. 21

Also on today's calendar: Laughs On Longboat Comedy Night and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A morning shower, with a high of 78 and low of 71 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 78, low: 69.
  • Friday: Windy with periods of sun, with a high of 73 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Ordinance reserves ferry docking spaces at Bradenton Beach Pier (amisun.com) — Boaters face a $200 fine for using designated ferry spaces at Bradenton Beach Pier under a newly effective city ordinance. The rules also prohibit blocking ferries from entering or leaving those spaces, protecting access for the Gulf Islands Ferry service, with exceptions for genuine emergencies and official-duty government vessels.
   

2. Bradenton Beach supports turtle-friendly streetlight conversions (amisun.com) — Bradenton Beach commissioners backed converting 45 beachside streetlights to turtle-friendly amber LEDs, accepting an estimated $6,675 increase in annual electricity and maintenance costs. The change follows recorded turtle disorientation incidents, but final costs depend on fixture approval and a revised FPL agreement still needs commission approval.
   

3. Biggest Christmas and winter holiday events in the Sarasota area (bradenton.com) — Bridge Street's free Christmas tree lighting brings Santa, live entertainment and holiday activities to Bradenton Beach from 2–8 p.m. Nov. 21. Holidays in Paradise continues on Saturdays Nov. 28–Dec. 26, part of a broader Sarasota-area holiday calendar featuring boat parades, light displays and Chanukah celebrations.
   

4. Ralph Cole departs Bradenton Beach Commission (amisun.com) — Ralph Cole has left the Bradenton Beach commission after 11 years, leaving colleagues to appoint someone to his Ward 3 seat for the next two years. Cole, who chose not to seek re-election to spend more time with family, called utility undergrounding his proudest accomplishment.
   

5. 17 Sarasota area restaurants hit with high-priority violations (heraldtribune.com) — A restaurant at 119 Bridge St., suite 130, in Bradenton Beach received a warning after a Nov. 5 inspection found four violations, including one high-priority violation. The regional roundup lists follow-up as needed but provides no details about the violations, and state regulators caution that inspections reflect conditions at that moment.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • Rock & Roll Trivia with Steve Arvey →
    Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday November 12
  • Girls Soccer @ Manatee
    Bayshore High School Bradenton, FL 34210
    5:00 pm
  • Eric Von →
    Freckled Fin Irish Pub, 5337 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach
    7:30 pm
  • Boys Basketball vs. Lennard - Preseason
    Bayshore High School Bradenton, FL 34210
    7:30 pm

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Ok Bradenton Beach! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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