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VOL 22 No. 8
December 1, 2021
Piney Point deep well injection permit on fast track A deep well injection system opposed by five environmental groups is on track to be approved by the state’s environmental agency. BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com
PALMETTO – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) intends to approve a permit for Manatee County’s plan to inject industrial wastewater from Piney Point into an underground well, according to a Nov. 24 notice. The county applied for the permit in April to build and test a deep injection well system at 3105 Buckeye Road. The project consists of a 3,300-foot-deep well to hold wastewater from the former phosphate fertilizer plant and a test well of up to 950 feet deep to monitor drinking water. The permit request states that drinking water in the JOE HENDRICKS | SUN
The Bridge Street merchants’ 40-foot tall Christmas tree is a centerpiece of the Bridge Street holiday decorations.
SEE PINEY POINT, PAGE 28
Celebrate Christmas on Bridge Street, holiday boat parade
A new lease on the Cortez post office is signed, sealed and delivered.
Bridge Street and the Bridge Street Pier will be bustling with holiday festivities on Saturday.
BY CINDY LANE SUN STAFF WRITER | clane@amisun.com
BY JOE HENDRICKS
SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
BRADENTON BEACH – The annual Christmas on Bridge Street celebration and Bradenton Beach Holiday Lighted Boat Parade are coming to town on Saturday, Dec. 4. The fun will happen at various locations along Bridge Street. Beginning at 3 p.m., Christmas on Bridge Street will feature a Kid Zone that includes face painting and creating holiday crafts. Featuring food and drink specials, gift certificate sales, “chair-ity massage” and more, nearby retailers and restaurants will host a holiday walkabout that afternoon and evening.
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Cortez post office gets new lease on life
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The boat parade will take place Saturday evening and pass by the Bridge Street Pier. The Anna Maria Island Privateers will provide photo opportunities with Santa and his sleigh in the Bradenton Beach Post Office parking lot, near the 40-foot-tall Christmas tree purchased by the
Bridge Street merchants. The acclaimed Dickens Carolers – a professional company of actors and singers in period costumes – will SEE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 28
CORTEZ – Just in time for the Christmas mailing rush, the fishing village of Cortez is receiving an early holiday gift – its post office will remain open for another five years. The post office, at 12112 44th Ave. W. - also the site of the community’s bulletin board and many neighborly chats - had been scheduled to close on Oct. 24 after landlord John Banyas did not renew the lease. His reason, he told The Sun, was that a flagpole owned by the post office fell and injured a man, who sued him, and that the U.S. Postal Service refused his subsequent request to add him to its insurance policy. He sued the post office for eviction. But the Postal Service now has added him to its insurance policy and signed a new five-year lease, Banyas said. SEE POST OFFICE, PAGE 28
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