Photo Gallery
By Sarasota Photography / Jaye Clements~ This month has been quiet at Siesta Key Beach… we still have families visiting from all over making the best out of their vacation, Red Tide or not! I hope they’ll be back Read More
Short Term Rental Violations
LBK Begins Ticketing; Fines Still Rare on Siesta By Robert Frederickson Siesta and Longboat Keys share much in common. Fine sugar sand beaches, magnificent views of the gulf and bay, fine restaurants and a resort lifestyle, all combined with the Read More
Sura Kochman is one of many fearless opponents of Siesta Promenade
By Diana Colson The controversial Siesta Promenade – a proposed mixed-use Benderson development at the corner of U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road – is heating up again. Among the most vocal citizens critical of the project is Sura Kochman, Read More
Looking Better — New Siesta Key Village maintenance approach aims to keep the area pristine
By Roger Drouin In Siesta Key Village, sometimes it ends up being cars vs. plants. “My biggest amazement is sheer number of things we’ve had to replace because people just run over them,” says Mark Smith, an architect and President Read More
Ramirez facing potential of paying nearly $40,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after Circuit Court judge dismisses her civil complaint against Robert Waechter
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Almost six years after the former chair of the Republican Party of Sarasota County used her identity to try to smear her reputation, Siesta Key resident Lourdes Ramirez says she has been victimized again. On Read More
Remembering Frank Kelleher
On July 24 Siesta Key lost one of the pillars of the business community, Frank Kelleher owner of Turtles Restaurant, On little Sarasota Bay. Kelleher was born September 15, 1934 in Brockton, MA. According to his obituary, Kelleher graduated from Read More
Mediation the new focus in North Beach Road lawsuit
By Rachel Brown Hackney The complaint Siesta resident Mike Cosentino filed against Sarasota County in June 2016 regarding the County Commission’s vacation of a 357-foot-long segment of North Beach Road also remains unresolved. Although the complaint was filed only about Read More
Residents question some of City of Sarasota’s legal fee payments in Big Pass case
By Rachel Brown Hackney A number of Siesta residents have questioned the fact that the City of Sarasota has paid some of the expenses of the Lido Key Residents Association (LKRA) as that organization has fought the Siesta Key Association Read More
Siesta Key Village maintenance news
‘BigBelly’ solar compactor to be installed in Siesta Village In August 2013, more than three years before the Siesta Key Village Association (SKVA) was absorbed into the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, a past SKVA president suggested what a great Read More
Siesta Key Association questions FDEP’s intention to allow City of Sarasota to dredge New Pass without city’s having completed required inlet management plan
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com As this issue of Siesta Sand was being published, the engineer for the City of Sarasota was expecting the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to issue its formal Notice to Proceed at any time Read More