The Bradenton Update
Volume 10, Issue 10
City of Bradenton
Office of the Mayor
Mayor Wayne Poston
101 Old Main Street
Bradenton, FL 34205
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March 13, 2018
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Main Street City Council meets
tomorrow morning
Live! Saturday in downtown Bradenton
The City Council will meet
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Saturday during the Old Main Street Mer-
at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in the
chants Association’s “Main Street Live!” party on Old Main Street.
City Hall Council Chambers,
The event takes place from 5 p.m. until midnight with live music from 101 Old Main St.
Kim Betts and the Gamble Creek Band, food and beverage vendors
All City Council meetings
and more. Old Main Street will close to vehicular traffic starting
are open to the public. Click
around 2:30 p.m., so be sure to move your car! There is no charge or
here for the agenda.
age limit to attend the event.
Old Main Street between Manatee-Third avenues will remain closed
until after midnight and will reopen at the discretion of the police de- Extended hours at
partment. the Splash Pad
The popular Riverwalk
Manatee Pride Fest at the Riverwalk Splash Pad has extended
hours in light of Daylight
The 5th Annual Manatee Pride Fest is scheduled for
noon-5p.m. Saturday at the Riverwalk’s Pavilion and
Savings time that started
Sunday.
Event area. There will be live music, food and bever-
The “Summer hours” hours
ages for sale, and vendor and community partner
booths. There is no charge to attend and this event is open to all. are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. sev-
Click here for more info. en days a week. Enjoy!
Pirates home games
Tickets are available for several Pittsburgh
Pirates home games this week.
The Pirates play the Tampa Bay Rays tomor-
row, the Atlanta Braves on Friday, the Minne-
sota Twins on Saturday and the Boston Red
Sox on Sunday. All games start at 1:05 p.m.
Click here for ticket info.
Police grant seeks to increase
awareness of pedestrians, bikes
The Bradenton Police Department recently
received grant funding for a High Visibility En-
forcement program to increase awareness of
pedestrian and bicycle safety through educa-
tion and enforcement.
The Police Department is reminding motorists
to remain vigilant in looking for bicyclists and
pedestrians and also remind pedestrians and
cyclists to make themselves visible when
walking or biking with protective gear, highly Vice Mayor Gene Brown (middle) presents a proclama-
tion on Sunday March 4, 2018 to Rev. H. Clark Edwards
visible clothing and lighting for your cycles. (left) and Rev. Dr. Ronaldo Hernandez (right) of First
United Methodist Church of Bradenton on March 4 in
For more information, email or call Master recognition of the church celebrating its 125th anniver-
Patrol Officer Ryan Vaughn at 941-932-9318. sary. Click here to read the proclamation.
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