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Going to Anna Maria Island this weekend? Don't forget your COVID-19 mask

Going to Anna Maria Island this weekend? Don't forget your COVID-19 mask

Some beachgoers -- including the author -- feel the effects of red tide

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Aug 06, 2021
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Going to Anna Maria Island this weekend? Don't forget your COVID-19 mask
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You might want to add one more item to the list of things you take with you to the beach on Anna Maria Island this weekend.

Your COVID-19 mask.

Friday morning, during a stroll on Cortez Beach between lifeguard Tower No. 2 and the Moose Lodge, the red tide in the air and stench of dead fish on the sand waiting to be picked up by a beach raker, briefly forc…

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