Detert casts lone ‘No’ vote on Coastal Setback Variance requested by south Siesta Key couple for pool and paver deck By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com With Commissioner Nancy Detert casting the only “No” vote, the Sarasota County Commission approved plans for Read More
Siesta Sounds
By Charmaine Engelsman-Robins Mike Kach playing more than ever this fall One look at Mike Kach might bring Gregg Allman to mind, and as soon as you hear Mike perform there’s no doubt: he is a longtime Allman Brothers admirer Read More
Coconuts Outlet Store closing
By Bob Stein After 37 years, owner John Cannon informed Siesta Sand, of the closing of his Coconuts Outlet Store in the corner of Captain Curt’s Plaza, directly behind Captain Curt’s restaurant. A Siesta Key favorite for years, families have Read More
Call it a stalemate
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
Sheriff’s Report July 23 – August 19, 2019
There were 16 crimes reported on the Key between 7/23-8/19/19 7/24/19 Theft4000 Block Gleason Ave. A man reported his wallet and its contents ($60, debit card, and driver’s license) were stolen. He stated he had left the wallet unattended and Read More
Big Pass Dredging
gSiesta Key Association still maintains City of Sarasota has failed to issue adequate determination that dredging of Big Pass will not violate city policies By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In his summary brief following a July 23 hearing, the attorney for Read More
Siesta Promenade
Oral arguments sought in lawsuit challenging County Commission approval By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com The Pine Shores Estates resident who filed suit early this year in an effort to stop the construction of Siesta Promenade has asked a 12th Judicial Circuit Read More
Davidson Drugs expands its services on the Key
Offering Parata® high-speed medication packaging system with an extensive free delivery program By Debbie Flessner When John Davidson, a newly graduated pharmacist from Illinois first visited Siesta Key on vacation in 1955, he most likely didn’t envision at that time Read More
FPL at work on hurricane-hardening measures on the Key
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com For several months, Siesta residents have been seeing plenty of signs of a hurricane-hardening project Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) is undertaking. After receiving some inquiries about facets of the project, SNL contacted FPL for Read More
Trolley ridership soars
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com County Commission attention also focused on the Siesta Key Breeze open-air trolley as the board members reviewed the Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) budget for the next fiscal year. The Breeze, SCAT Interim Director Rob Lewis Read More