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By Jaye Clements / Sarasota Photography Wish you were here for some fun in the sun!!! Sunny Sarasota living up to its SK beach bragging rights!
Making a Splash
The new style at the Siesta Key Beach Resort can be described as coastal modern with a Caribbean twist. Expansive pool will be surrounded by palms. After yards of stucco repairs, piles of new shell-stone pavers, more than 50 large palm Read More
As incoming County Commission Chair, Hines makes clear intent to focus on traffic improvements involving U.S. 41/Stickney Point Road intersection
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com As he prepares to take on the role of chair in 2019, Sarasota County Commissioner Charles Hines has signaled his intention to put the focus on improvements to the intersection of U.S. 41 and Stickney Read More
Siesta Promenade wins approval as designed
Publishers note: Since many of the other publications have reported the passage of the vote to approve the project. Siesta Sand thought it worthwhile to read the county commissioners’ conversations of the day. By Rachel Brown Hackney Following the vote, Read More
Siesta Key Island Chatter January 2019
Staff report River Road/Siesta roads swap will not be finalized before end of year, county staff says As late as Oct. 9, Sarasota County staff still was anticipating that a swap with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) involving River Read More
Captain Dawson Day, of CATCH Sarasota Fishing Charters
By Debbie Flessner Sarasota native Dawson Day says he has been fishing since he could walk. The son of Siesta Key Fitness Center owner Bruce Day, he may have grown up in a gym, but his heart was always on Read More
The Beginnings of Siesta Key and Florida’s Unique Origin
By Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD As the New Year begins after Florida’s 2018 nightmares, I hope that it’s interesting for readers to learn about the incredible origin of the Sunshine State and how Siesta Key began. The way Siesta Read More
Worries about Avenue A and neighborhood access points
By Rachel Brown Hackney On Dec. 12, as the Sarasota County commissioners were taking their votes on the Siesta Promenade project, the issue of the proposed closure of the median at the intersection of Avenue A and Stickney Point Road Read More
Higel Avenue work necessary for FDOT drainage project
By Rachel Brown Hackney Drivers on Higel Avenue recently wondered what was going on as they waited on workers to give them the go-ahead to proceed in single-lane traffic. We have an answer. Spencer Anderson, Public Works Department director for Read More
County Commission approves 105-foot pier extension on Little Sarasota Bay
By Rachel Brown Hackney After listening to an explanation about the need for it, the Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved the 105-foot-extenstion of a fishing pier at Siesta Key property on the southern part of Midnight Pass Road. The applicant, Read More