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Siesta Key

Rules by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection prohibit cleanup operations except in beach areas seaward of the mean high tide.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Sarasota County crews remove seaweed from area beaches

Sarasota County crews are removing seaweed from Siesta Beach and will start removing seaweed from Lido Beach starting Thursday.

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Chris Brown is the owner of the Hub Baja Grill.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 21, 2012
Brown moves to settle with Sarasota County

Siesta Key business owner Chris Brown has offered to settle his third lawsuit against Sarasota County for nearly ten times what was doled out in a previous suit.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 20, 2012
Aug. 20: Daily Headlines Video

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 20, 2012
Unsightly delays for drainage project

Sarasota County Commissioners today expressed concerns about the timeline and construction environment of the Beach Road drainage improvements.

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Olga Carr gives her son, Sean, 3, a hug and a kiss goodbye before leaving him at his first day of school for the year at St. Boniface Preschool.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Boniface students head back to school

St. Boniface was filled with smiles and lots of laughs Monday, Aug. 20, as students began their first day of school for the 2012-2013 school year.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The $1.13 million project for which the county has already secured required permitting for is facing delays after three Casey Key residents indicated they would block the contractor on the project from reaching the work site.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 20, 2012
Beach project update coming

Sarasota County Public Works Director Jim Harriott will talk about the $21.4 million Siesta Key beach improvements planned for 2017 at the last Sarasota County Commission budget workshop before the 2013 fiscal year budget is adopted.

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Join Alex Mahadevan and Emily Walsh as they report the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 17, 2012
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An undercover Sarasota County Sheriff's Office vehicle responds to reports of a fight at Daiquiri Deck Raw Bar in Siesta Key Village last night.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 17, 2012
Rowdy tourists cause Village ruckus

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested three men from Cincinnati who tried to fight bar staff, customers, and pedestrians near a Siesta Key Village bar.

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Vern Johnson with Lisa Goswick, Angela Nisbet and Bon Poire from Mandala Med Spa.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 17, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SKCC After Hours at Village Cafe

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce held their monthly After Hours event, Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Village Cafe in Siesta Key Village

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 17, 2012
Pawnshops destined for commercial intensive zones

The Sarasota County Planning Commission yesterday voted unanimously to allow pawnshops to operate in commercial intensive zones.

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45% of the 801 residents polled cite the economy as the most important issue for their personal well-being.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 17, 2012
Economy complaints by Sarasota residents fall

Forty-five percent of the residents polled for the 2012 Citizens Opinion Survey say the economy is the biggest concern for their personal well-being - six points less than last years poll.

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  • August 16, 2012
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Photo courtesy of Dan Kriwitsky
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Barefoot Wine beach clean-up

Barefoot Wine partnered with Suncoast Charities for Children, Saturday, Aug. 11, as part of a statewide clean-up effort to "Keep Florida's Beaches Barefoot Friendly."

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2012
Message in a bottle

After Tropical Storm Debby, a guest at Tropical Beach Resorts found a message in a bottle washed up on the beach.

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  • Neighbors
"Something Fishy" won second place at last year's Crystal Classic.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 16, 2012
No conflict for Crystal Classic

The American SandSculpting Championship in Fort Myers Beach was moved ahead one week, leaving the Nov. 9 event on Siesta Key as the only Veterans Day competition.

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