By Bob Stein This October Island Visitor Publishing celebrates 10 years in business. As Siesta Key residents, my wife Emy and I currently publish four monthly papers – Siesta Sand, The Landings Eagle, Del Tura Tower and Tara Woods Columns. Read More
By Bob Stein In the August edition of Siesta Sand, Dr. Gary Kompothecras of “1-800-Ask Gary” discussed numerous topics from his arrival on Siesta Key, his background in starting his business to the newly acquired Bank of America building. To Read More
Demolition of Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility equipment likely to get underway late in spring 2020 By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com By October 2020, if all goes according to Sarasota County plans, the structures that functioned as the Siesta Key Water Read More
Staff report Siesta Village speed limit issue redux During the August Siesta Key Association (SKA) meeting, President Catherine Luckner announced that one of the nonprofit’s members had proposed an initiative to lower the Siesta Village speed limit from 20 mph Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney On Aug. 26, Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis signed a lease for temporary space in the building located at 5700 Midnight Pass Road. That will enable the crews of Fire Station 13 to call that building Read More
Contrary to Facebook post, construction did not begin in early September By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Facebook users who were keeping a check on Benderson Development’s Siesta Promenade posts were a bit taken aback in early September, SNL learned. On Sept. Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce has asked the Sarasota County Commission to consider three amendments to the county’s Unified Development Code “as [the latter] applies to the Siesta Key Overlay District.” In an Aug. 16 Read More
There were 11 crimes reported on the Key between 8/20-9/16/19 8/24/19 Identity Theft100 Block Sand Dollar Lane A man received an email from AT&T confirming the purchase of three cell phones/new lines. He had not made the purchase. He was Read More
Traffic Advisory Council unanimously opposes petitions for lower speed limits and multi-way stop signs By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Three times on Sept. 9, a representative of the Siesta Isles Association Board of Directors asked the Sarasota County Traffic Advisory Council Read More
Save Our Siesta Sand 2 files for summary judgment in Big Pass case, arguing that Army Corps of Engineers has defied federal law in pursuit of the project By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Read More
