By Sarasota Photography / Jaye Clements~ Snowbirds are beginning to return to our island. Families from Longboat Key, FL to Bolivia and Brazil are making the best out of their vacation, with the remnants of red tide. I hope they’ll Read More
Staff report Discussion on ways to reduce human contributions to Red Tide The Siesta Key Association’s October guest speaker is Jon Thaxton, the former Sarasota County Commissioner and multigenerational Sarasota native who grew up in Osprey. Thaxton now serves as Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney All eight speakers during an Aug. 29 public hearing argued against changes the Sarasota County Commission has proposed for the section of the county Charter that governs citizen-initiated petition drives. Nonetheless — with the addition of Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney As the Sarasota County Planning Commission and County Commission prepare for public hearings on Siesta Promenade, the potential for the mixed-use development to exacerbate traffic congestion continues to be the primary focus of public consternation. The Read More
Staff Report On January 16 – 19, 2019, the Executive State Directors, the Chrisley Family, of the hit reality TV series on USA network, ‘Chrisley knows Best,’ will conduct the Sunshine State’s oldest and most celebrated Competition: the Miss Florida Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney Is retail space needed at Siesta Promenade? Another question that arose during the Aug. 23 workshop regarding Benderson Development’s Siesta Promenade mixed-use project related to whether more retail centers are needed in the area. A woman Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com A 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge has dismissed the last part of a lawsuit against Sarasota County that Siesta Key resident Michael Cosentino originally filed in June 2016. In that complaint — which Cosentino amended Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Siesta Key resident Lourdes Ramirez has filed a motion for a rehearing after a 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge in August dismissed the remainder of a civil case Ramirez filed several years ago against Robert Read More
There were a total of 14 crimes reported on the Key between 8/8/- 9/17/18 8/18/18 Theft 5200 Block Ocean Blvd. An employee of a village shoe store found a shoebox in the wrong location. The box contained an old pair Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney Researchers have been waiting for this red tide bloom — which actually began in October 2017 — either to be disrupted by a weather event or to run out of nutrients or otherwise come to the Read More
