By Jane Bartnett In late May, off-shore Rip Tides on Turtle Beach and Siesta Key Beach, led to the tragic deaths of two swimmers. Both accidents occurred in the early evening hours. The first incident occurred in the Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotanewsleader.com A proposal that was not even on a consultant’s list of traffic mitigation measures for Siesta Key has sparked new controversy. On May 5, the Sarasota County Commission was preparing to listen to a Read More
By Jane Bartnett In mid-March 2020, U.S. Census mailings began arriving in the mailboxes of Siesta Key and Sarasota residents. At the same time, the Corona virus also became a part of our everyday lives. The Siesta Key beach Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasota News Leader A Sarasota County Public Works Department crew was at work on Siesta Key in early April, creating a traffic structure called a “chicane” at the intersection of Avenida Messina and Avenida Veneccia. Read More
Siesta Key Breeze ridership stats Call it a “last hurrah,” for the time being: In February, the Siesta Key Breeze had 49,849 passengers, a 30.03% increase from the 38,336 it carried in February 2019, Sarasota County staff told the Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Sarasota County staff formally has issued Affidavits of Violation to two limited liability companies whose principals have erected fencing on private property on Siesta Beach, The Sarasota News Leader has learned. Both affidavits point out that Read More
Siesta Key Association Update The SKA Directors met on March 10th recently for the Annual Election of Directors and Officers. The meeting resulted in 12 directors for 2020-21. The 2020-21 SKE Directors and Officers are: Jean Cannon (Secretary), Roland Clark, Read More
By Brion Palmer, Siesta Sand Sarasota County property records show that Siesta Key Fitness Center LLC purchased the commercial property 5243 Avenida Navarra, in the Siesta Key Village on January 22, 2020 for $1,000,000 from Robasota Real Estate LTD. Siesta Read More
Written by Siesta Sand Staff Local Artist Creates Siesta Key Souvenir Coloring Book Local resident Pam Trapani recently completed a Siesta Key Coloring Book. Pam and her husband Drew, snowbirds for fourteen years, built a home and became permanent residents Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has a program underway on the island that involves the burying of power lines, SKA President Catherine Luckner reported to members during their Feb. 6 meeting. She indicated that the Read More
