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By Jane Bartnett Oh what a night! And oh, what a weekend it was for Siesta Beach. The Crystal Classic was on! Thousands of visitors had come to see the exceptional sand sculptures designed and created by 24 of the world’s master sand sculptors who traveled here from all over the U.S. and Canada, and […]
One of Siesta’s most prized residences enters the growing luxury-home market as the Crouses stay on the Key but get closer to the city By Jane Bartnett “I grew up along the Atlantic Ocean in New Jersey. I like being near the water,” said Siesta Key resident William Crouse who, along with his wife, Elaine, […]
Structure at Beach Access 7 will receive historic designation, thanks to narrow vote by Sarasota County commissioners By ChrisAnn Allen It has weathered storms for more than 90 years.And during an Oct. 24 Sarasota County commission meeting it weathered another one, so to speak, as the board narrowly voted 3-2 to add the Curione Beach […]
Siesta Key training set the stage for swimmer Allen Hillman to cross the English Channel By Ned Steele What kind of person eagerly jumps into 10-foot storm-surge waves for a bracing two-hour swim from Siesta Beach to the Point of Rocks?The kind of person who’s training to swim the English Channel, that’s who.Such a person […]
By ChrisAnn Allen It appears they are deadlocked.Following a sound study conducted for Gilligan’s Island Bar & Grill to measure ambient and live music sound levels, Sarasota County staff and Gilligan’s representatives met in a special magistrate mediation hearing Oct. 31 to discuss the results.According to Gilligan’s attorney Casey Colburn, as a result of the […]
By Hannah Wallace In November, a few hours before their flight was to take them back home to Chicago, Joanna Abdelhadi took her four kids to Siesta Beach one last time.The family owns a vacation home in Cape Coral, and while Abdelhadi’s husband of 11 years, a Chicago police officer, had to stay home this […]
By ChrisAnn Allen They decided it required a “deeper dive.”During their Oct. 24 meeting, members of the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners reached a consensus to pause and consider the best way to handle commercial boating businesses — such as charter fishing, tour boats and scuba diving — using county recreational water accesses as points […]
By John Morton No appeals in court will be coming from Sarasota County as far as high-density hotels are concerned.On Oct. 24, the five county commissioners voted unanimously to heed the advice of Josh Moye, the county attorney, and not fight their Aug. 21 loss in the case filed by Siesta Key resident Lourdes Ramirez. […]
Reddish egret — white morph (Egretta rufescens) By Jan Baumgartner Two color morphs are found in reddish egrets — the common dark morph with its steel gray and rust plumage, and the rare all-white morph. The birds don’t notice plumage color during breeding season as chicks of both color morphs may be found within a […]
