Florida
Sandy Beaches and Ample Water Views Make This Tiny Florida City a Coveted Place to Live
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Sanna Mander
About an hour southwest of Tampa, Fla., is Anna Maria Island, a 7-mile-long tropical oasis comprising three cities. On the island’s north finish is the town of Anna Maria, the ZIP Code of which is 34216, Florida’s second-most costly as ranked by median itemizing worth, in line with Realtor.com. (
Information Corp,
proprietor of The Wall Avenue Journal, additionally operates Realtor.com underneath license from the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors.) The ZIP Code is topped solely by Miami’s Fisher Island. Town of Anna Maria, solely a handful of blocks large, is house to simply underneath 2,000 full-time and part-time residents who love the island’s previous Florida attraction. However the white sand seashores going through each the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay are the largest draw for locals and guests alike.
Noteable Stops and Retailers
The view from the Anna Maria Metropolis Pier, which is on the finish of Pine Avenue’s restaurant and procuring district
The Waterfront Restaurant
This restaurant with Tampa Bay views has a quaint cottage really feel. House owners Jason and Leah Suzor oversee a menu that features grouper tacos, kung pao calamari and a ‘cook dinner your catch’ possibility for diners who provide their very own freshly hooked fish.
Shiny Fish Emporium
Sand greenback portray is a well-liked exercise for the entire household at this present store, which has a Nineteen Fifties Florida beach-glam vibe. Proprietor and artistic director Rebecca Preston curates a list that ranges from Jonathan Adler furnishings to Florabella resort put on to mochi ice cream.
Hometown Desserts
Proprietor Cindy Tutterow opened this bakery within the metropolis of Anna Maria in 2012. Pies, cheesecakes and brownies are on supply (and marriage ceremony desserts, too), however the Key lime coconut cake with coconut cream filling and frosting reigns supreme.
Sandbar Seafood & Spirits
Sit together with your toes within the sand, on the coated deck or inside at this seafood restaurant, which has been owned since 1979 with companions together with Ed Chiles, son of former Florida governor Lawton Chiles. Within the evenings there’s a contest to guess the precise time the solar will set into the Gulf of Mexico.
Anna Maria Common Retailer
This retailer, which sells groceries and family fundamentals, has been on the island for the reason that Nineteen Seventies, though it has modified areas and homeowners over time. Right this moment it’s owned by Brian Seymour, who has expanded its deli choices (order the Cuban sandwich). Put together to face in line at Dips, the ice cream, sweet and sports activities paraphernalia store that’s housed inside the retailer.
Membership to have
The Key Royale Membership is a non-public social and golf membership positioned in Holmes Seashore, a couple of 15- to 20-minute drive with site visitors from the town of Anna Maria’s Pine Avenue business stretch. Its nine-hole course is the one golf course on the island.
The Key Royale Membership’s nine-hole golf course, in Holmes Seashore, is the one golf course on Anna Maria Island.
Occasion of the 12 months
The annual fall Bayfest pageant takes place on Pine Avenue and sometimes options native meals and drinks, artisan cubicles and musical acts. It attracts crowds from across the island.
“$16 Million”
Recommendation for the customer
The water impacts a purchaser’s worth algorithm: Are you able to see it from your home? How shut are your toes to touching it? “Large blue makes a giant distinction,” says Erin Pleasure Leathem, a real-estate agent with the Anna Maria Gross sales Group of Island Actual Property. Ms. Leathem provides that the town of Anna Maria has the bottom inhabitants density of the three cities on the island and single household houses as the first fashion of residence, a mixture that helps with the house values.
On the MARKET
Seashore Ave.
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This 3,452-square-foot house on roughly 0.2 acres is simply two homes away from the seaside. It was inbuilt 2016. The second flooring is the dwelling degree, with a kitchen, eating room, nice room, workplace, and two bedrooms. The first suite encompasses the whole third flooring. A wraparound deck is shaded by three Banyan bushes. A four-car storage has room for a golf cart. An elevator and whole-house generator are further facilities. Agent: Alan Galletto Group, Island Actual Property.
Oak Ave.
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Inbuilt 2007, this home was just lately transformed and redecorated. At 2,847 sq. ft, the quarter-acre property sits on a canal with easy accessibility to Bimini Bay. The home has indoor-outdoor move with two giant decks and a roof deck. There are water views from the home’s back and front, and the roof deck has 360-degree views. The yard has a pool, placing inexperienced and out of doors kitchen. Agent: Kathy Harman, Michael Saunders & Firm.
Crescent Drive
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This 2,290 sq. foot residence was inbuilt 2018. It has three ranges. On the second flooring, which is the dwelling degree, there are three en-suite bedrooms. The first suite on the third flooring has a loft-style studying room, a beverage station, and entry to a rooftop deck. The 0.13 acre property additionally has a pool, coated out of doors space for entertaining, and canal entry. Seashores and Pine Avenue’s leisure district are a brief stroll away. Agent: April Inexperienced, Duncan Actual Property.
All information is December 2022. Source: Realtor.com
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Florida
Five Central Florida fire stations hit by burglars while firefighters are on shift
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Are suspected car burglars targeting Florida fire stations?
More than a dozen vehicles have been damaged or broken into at fire stations in Central Florida.
Burglars are targeting firefighters in Central Florida. According to officials, criminals are breaking into firefighter’s cars while they are on shift.
“It’s unconscionable, it’s criminal and it’s preying on folks that are literally taking an oath and willing to give their life to help serve the community,” John Westmoreland of Orange County Fire Rescue said. “The thought of their vehicles being broken into it’s sickening, and it’s maddening.”
Three fire stations in Orange County were targeted between June 30 and July 1: OCFRD Station 34 (4000 Winter Garden Vineland Road), OCFRD Station 44 (14230 Reams Road), and OCFRD Station 33 (1700 S. Apopka Vineland Road).
According to the Seminole County Fire Department, two of their stations (Stations 12 & 14) were hit on July 1.
“These crimes have been happening after midnight,” Westmoreland said. “There’s some indication that we’ve had some false calls and then the break-ins occurring afterwards.”
It’s a trend nationwide, according to Westmoreland. Over the last six months, a rash of similar incidents have been reported in Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, and Colorado.
Last year, FOX 35 reported half a dozen other instances of car burglaries targeting firefighters again in Orange and Seminole counties. That was when Seminole County firefighter John Baker had a gun stolen from his truck.
Now, stations in Seminole and Orange counties are taking steps to improve or reinforce security measures.
Most fire stations do have security cameras. There is no word yet on whether any of the burglaries were caught on camera.
FOX 35 was told no guns were reported stolen from the Seminole County stations. We’re still waiting to hear back from Orange County regarding the same question.
Florida
Former ‘Cafe Risque’ stripper files lawsuit against the state of Florida
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MICANOPY, Fla. (WCJB) -The state of Florida now requires strippers to be at least 21 years of age.
A lawsuit filed by Serenity Bushey, “Cafe Risque”, and two other adult establishments claims the new law violates their First Amendment and equal protection rights.
Bushay’s attorney, Gary Edinger, says the law is unconstitutional.
“The idea that adult residents of the state of Florida don’t have the same rights as people who are a couple of years older than them… it doesn’t make any sense under the constitution.”
The federal suit claims at least nine women under the age of 21 perform at “Cafe Risque” and have since lost their jobs.
Edinger says the law doesn’t only apply to strippers at adult entertainment clubs.
“So whether they are performers, or cooks, or DJs, or security, they can no longer be employed,” he stated. “And that affects what you might think of as strip clubs, it affects adult theaters, and also adult retail stores.”
He also tells TV20 that the consequences are high stakes.
“If someone slips by with a particularly good fake ID that club is strictly liable,” he added. “If it’s a nude club such as ‘Cafe Risque’ in Micanopy that’s a third-degree felony, that means someone’s going to jail for that…”.
Edinger and Bushey are asking for attorney fees and calling for a permanent injunction on the law.
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Is Florida testing students too much? Why there's not an easy answer
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — WPTV is continuing to dig deeper into Florida test scores just released from the state department of education. They show whether students are performing at grade level in a variety of subjects.
Education
Making the grade: Florida education leaders praise student test scores
3:21 PM, Jul 01, 2024
This was Florida’s second year of the progress monitoring testing style, measuring student success three times throughout the year.
Local school district leaders told WPTV education reporter Stephanie Susskind they really like it. But parents Susskind spoke to aren’t so sure yet.
“I just don’t get it. I truly don’t know how taking away one test to add three, there’s no logic to me. It doesn’t make sense,” said Palm Beach County mom of two Sheena Romano.
Romano shares a popular opinion with many parents Susskind heard from on Tuesday: there’s too much testing in school.
“You have the elementary school sitting three times a year for iReady to grade their progress. And then you have the [Florida Assessment of Student Thinking] to grade their progress. So it’s like, can we eliminate one?” Romano said.
North in St. Lucie County, Superintendent Dr. Jon Prince doesn’t disagree.
“Testing in Florida is rigorous,” Prince told Susskind. “I still say we’ve got a little too much assessment going on.”
But he does support the new style of progress monitoring testing using the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST. It’s given at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to measure what a student is learning and where they need to focus.
“It’s been a great blessing that we get these results back immediately. So we know exactly where these kids are weak,” Prince said.
Florida education leaders tout this state testing style as the first in the nation. It replaced the high stakes FSA exam, which was given once at the end of the year.
“We are finding there is a lot more interface between parents and schools,” Prince said. “OK, my kid didn’t do very well. What can I do as a parent? And what can we do to partner and help them perform better? So I think it’s helped not just student learning, but that interaction between parents and families and schools.”
While parents like Romano understand that perspective, they still feel there’s too much testing pressure on today’s students.
“I think a good teacher, just like a good parent, should be able to see the progress. If you are honed in on the children,” Romano said.
So why are these tests important? Not only do they measure student progress, but they are used to help determine school and district grades. Those are expected to be released later this summer.
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