By Jane Bartnett The Siesta Sand Hotel, a new eight-story, 80-foot high, 170 room structure, designed to reflect the Sarasota School of Architecture’s “Sarasota Modern” style, may be the latest addition to the Village of Siesta Key. The Sarasota County Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com By June 4, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) had all the required pre-construction documents for the Lido Key Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project, the SNL learned. Therefore, department staff members figuratively “started Read More
By Jane Bartnett “Following the Covid 19 lockdown, so many more people brought their dogs to beach this year,” said the Audubon Society’s Kylie Wilson, speaking of early spring days when Siesta Key Beach re-opened. “We are not anti-dog,” she Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com If all goes as planned, in a little more than four years, residents on the southern portion of Siesta Key will be seeing trucks hauling sand to the shoreline to fill in areas eroded by Read More
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com As Sarasota County Public Works Department staff labored in early June to repair a section of North Casey Key Road shattered by Tropical Storm Cristobal, County Engineer Spencer Anderson was considering another attempt to try Read More
by: rodger skidmore What you see is what you get The question is, what do you want to get and where can you see it. Southwest Florida is a big place which normally contains lots to see and do. Thankfully Read More
In Honor of Captain Ralph Styles (a Decorated WWII Submarine Captain in the Pacific Theater), who began this Tribute Ceremony about 30 years ago. Each Sunset, our community comes together with new friends from around the world, on Siesta Key Read More
The Siesta Key Fitness Center located on 5243 Avenida Navarra has changed its business model and is now exclusively a 24-hour access, member-only facility. The change in business model was predicated by COVID-19 and the importance in keeping everyone safe. Read More
Over the past month, the number of sea turtle nests on Siesta Key beaches has increased significantly, according to data from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. The total number of sea turtle nests increased by 333%, from 18 nests Read More
Oceane has sold 2/3rds of its units With the Georgia-based developer of the Oceane complex — CG Oceane LLC — formally having made its Declaration of Condominium on Nov. 4, 2019, units have been selling, the SNL found in Read More
