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Winnie, a female loggerhead sea turtle, is in ninth place in a field of 12 turtles in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour ...
09/25/2025

Winnie, a female loggerhead sea turtle, is in ninth place in a field of 12 turtles in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles Race that began on Aug. 1. She has traveled 352 miles in the Gulf of Mexico since she was satellite-tagged and released after nesting on Coquina Beach on June 23 and 202 miles since the race began.
Winnie is swimming to raise awareness about the threat of light pollution and how lighting near shore can negatively impact nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings.
Her participation in the 2025 Tour de Turtles is sponsored by Hurricane Hanks and Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring. Visit The Sun’s page for weekly “Where’s Winnie?” updates and visit amisun.com for weekly updates on turtle nesting activity in “Nesting News.”

09/24/2025

Holmes Beach City Commission candidates Steve Oelfke, Jessica Patel, Terry Schaefer and Carol Soustek participated in The Sun's candidate forum on Sept. 24.

The AMI Sun will host a Holmes Beach city commission candidate forum tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 24) at Holmes Beach City ...
09/24/2025

The AMI Sun will host a Holmes Beach city commission candidate forum tonight (Wednesday, Sept. 24) at Holmes Beach City Hall from 6-7:30 p.m. and the public is invited. The city hall doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The forum will feature the four city commission candidates seeking the three seats to be filled by the city election that concludes on Tuesday, Nov. 4, with mail voting beginning in early October. Current commissioners Steve Oelfke, Terry Schaefer and Carol Soustek seek additional two-year terms and challenger Jessica Patel seeks to unseat one of the incumbents. Moderated by Sun reporter Joe Hendricks, the forum will be livestreamed and archived for 30 days at The Sun’s page.

Joe Hendricks | Sun

Manatee County Animal Services is in dire need of Nylabones for their local homeless dogs. “Having something to occupy t...
09/23/2025

Manatee County Animal Services is in dire need of Nylabones for their local homeless dogs. “Having something to occupy their time in their kennels means the world to these pups,” Holmes Beach resident Renee Ferguson said. The Power Chew large Nylabones, especially the ‘barbells’ (DuraChew up to 50 lb. size), are needed. Please help. Donations can be dropped off or sent to: Renee Ferguson, 210 77th St., Holmes Beach, Fl. 34217.

Joe Hendricks | Sun

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