By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In June 2018, SNL learned that a rope-and-post system had been installed on what appeared to be county right of way at the intersection of Avenida Messina and North Beach Road, next to Beach Access 2. Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Andrea McHugh has rebuffed an attempt by an attorney for a Siesta Key resident and nonprofit organization to force Sarasota County into dropping efforts to have two Sarasota County Charter amendments 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 The Sarasota County commissioners did not have information about previous discussions of staff and their predecessors regarding potential repairs to North Beach Road when they voted 4-1 last year to vacate a 357-foot segment Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney For a couple of months, Siesta resident Mike Cosentino stopped making appearances at County Commission meetings. He was back at it on May 23, as the board held two regular sessions in Sarasota. On May 23, Read More
If successful, the charter amendments would cost the county $450,000 to hold a countywide special election, timing may get tricky By Roger Drouin Sarasota County residents continue to sign a pair of petitions related to the increasingly tense fight over Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com A 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge’s ruling in favor of North Beach Road property owners actually will help the fight to overturn the Sarasota County Commission’s decision to vacate a 357-foot-long segment of the road, Read More
Bollards finally in place Sarasota County’s chief engineer, Isaac Brownman, confirmed on Feb. 2 that the long-awaited bollards were installed in late January at the southern end of North Beach Road. Dennis and Wendy Madden had been working on the Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney www.SarasotaNewsLeader.com It took longer than anticipated, but new Sarasota County signage went up on the morning of Dec. 22 at the intersection of North Beach Road and Columbus Avenue on Siesta Key. The goal is to Read More
Deadline actually was Oct. 8, assistant county attorney acknowledges By Rachel Brown Hackney Late on the afternoon of Oct. 5, Sarasota County finally was served the Petition for Writ of Certiorari Siesta Key resident Michael Cosentino filed in June, alleging Read More
