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
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
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
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com In 2013, staff of what was then the Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Department carved out a tiny public parking space on right of way next to an open parcel on Ocean Boulevard with a close-up Read More
Petition to eliminate public parking spaces on North Shell Road to be heard in September by county’s Traffic Advisory Council By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com On April 9, 2014, the Sarasota County Commission voted 3-2 to approve a plan for 16 Read More
By Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD One of the original names for Siesta Key was Clam Island during a time when shell fishing was superb on the bayside. Clams, oysters, and scallops could be harvested almost as easily as catching Read More
Part of Big Pass Sand borrow area between northernmost Siesta Key and Lido Key eliminated from proposed dredging plans By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Close to a third of one area of Big Sarasota Pass has been eliminated as a sand Read More
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com After a batch of bad news in early May, subsequent reports on the Key’s snowy plovers have achieved highs and more lows. On May 17, Kylie Wilson, program coordinator of Audubon Florida’s Bird Monitoring & Stewardship Read More
Summer treats of the sea Seasons come and go with the change of weather, and the foods we eat also changes. Seafood is no exception. As Stone Crab season comes to an end until October, other edible seafood species become Read More
Conveniently located across from Turtle Beach is Turtle Beach Grill. Enjoy open air dining and Gulf breezes. Coming by boat, the bar restaurant is accessible, there is complimentary docking at Bayfront Yachtworks, ICW Marker #48 inter-coatstal Waterway. Turtle’s boasts of Read More
