Save Our Seabirds staff hopes necropsies on two deceased laughing gulls will provide answer about cause of illness affecting birds on Siesta and Lido keys By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com As of Oct. 9, more than 40 seagulls in Sarasota and Read More
Staff report Siesta Key Breeze continuing extended morning hours Recently, the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce alerted its members to the fact that the Siesta Key Breeze has maintained an earlier morning start. In mid-August, Lisa Potts, the communications specialist Read More
Save Our Siesta Sand 2 urges County Commission to press Army Corps of Engineers once again to undertake an in-depth environmental analysis of proposed dredging of Big Pass By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com A member of the board of directors of Read More
Siesta Key Association files appeal of Circuit Court ruling in its efforts to try to prevent dredging of Big Pass By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com On Oct. 4, the Siesta Key Association (SKA) filed notice with the Second District Court of Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney Long-time members of the Siesta Key Association (SKA) may recall that, years ago, Dave Thomas often asked for help from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office to prevent boaters from endangering manatees that routinely swam the island’s Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Regular readers will recall that in July, after an observant Siesta resident expressed concern, SNL asked Sarasota County staff about the disappearance of a solitary “pocket park” parking space across Ocean Boulevard from the Givens Street Read More
After declining a second chance to move proposed new construction further landward, Casey Key Road property owners fail to win county Coastal Setback Variance By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In January, Sarasota County Environmental Permitting staff gave owners of the property Read More
By Bob Frederickson From Pedestrian Pursuits to Virtue’s Best Use? “Woke up this Morning, had those Walkin’ Blues…” A new study from Smart Growth America has this not so shocking news for any Floridian who has been around the block Read More
By Charmaine Engelsman-Robins The soul of Billy Seward If you’d like to check out one of the most respected soul singers in our area, that would be Billy Seward. Other musicians sing (no pun intended) his praises and cite Read More
By Suzanne Gerber ARIES (March 21–April 19): You’ll be as alone as you want to be this month, thanks to a passel of planets parading through your people houses. November is great for reconnecting with old friends, hosting a Read More
