International sand sculpting champions of the tenth annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival, which drew thousands to Siesta Public Beach. (See the completed sculptures Monday. Details at: www.siestakeycrystalclassic.com or www.facebook.com/SiestaKeyCrystalClassic) “Despite the weather challenges this week, which created some difficulty, Read More
Crystal Classic 2018 a smashing success
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Attendance for the 2018 Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival was up almost 10% from 2017, with 65,225 attendees, organizers have announced. That uptick came in spite of what the organizers characterized in their Read More
Sand sculpting winners, ninth annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic
Awards were presented, Nov. 11, to winning teams of two and solo master sand sculptors. The Crystal Classic drew eight teams and eight solo artists from nations around the world, including South Korea, Canada, Italy, the Czech Republic, Singapore, United Kingdom, Read More
Siesta Key Island Chatter August 2018
Staff report A bit of better property value news With the release of the July 1 county ad valorem tax values — as required by the state each year — owners of property in the Siesta Key Village Public Improvement Read More
Siesta Key Round Up January 2018
Staff report Boating incident reported in Big Pass In late November, “eagle eye” resident Michael Shay reported to the paper that he saw emergency vessels in Big Sarasota Pass on the night of Nov. 26. He later learned that Read More
More SKA meeting highlights
By Rachel Brown Hackney About that FDEP folder… The order of files for the Lido Renourishment Project in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s online folder ended up sparking some County Commission questions about just how much power the Siesta Read More