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Siesta Key

    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 19, 2012
Neighbors: Gabriel Fassler

Siesta Key Oyster Bar bartender Gabriel Fassler has been serving up drinks for and making memories with locals and visitors for the last eight-and-a-half years.

  • Siesta Key
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Rita Zuchelli took this photo Friday, July 13, on Siesta Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Rita Zuchelli took this photo Friday, July 13, on Siesta Beach.

  • Siesta Key
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Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 19, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Brian J. Boyd

Brian J. Boyd is a local cosmetologist who works at Running with Scissors on Hillview.

  • Siesta Key
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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 18, 2012
July 18: Daily Headlines Video

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Rachel Roberts, Haley Gillis, instructor Martin Rivenbark, Brianna Naegeli and Lily Meaker
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 18, 2012
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Eternal Summer Surf Camp

It's Sunday, July 15, and the surf's up on Anna Maria Island. Unlike the previous weekend, when the Gulf of Mexico refused to give the campers at Eternal Summer Surf Camp anything more than flat water, the waves are barreling in.

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Joshua Anthony McClure, 41, was charged with four counts of Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition today.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 17, 2012
Off-duty cop busts beach exhibitionist

A law enforcement officer visiting Siesta Key today confronted a man exposing himself to four young girls and notified deputies when he fled by bicycle.

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Chibuzo Aguocha goes for the ball as Larissa Witherspoon stays close during a match, Saturday, July 14, during the Dig the Beach tournament on Siesta Key Beach.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Dig the Beach

Dig the Beach Volleyball Series made its way back to Siesta Key this past weekend, Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15.

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The Walking in Sunshine team
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Drink Pink

The Village Cafe hosted the Drink Pink event to raise money for Walking in Sunshine, Kay Kouvatsos' 3-day Susan G. Komen Walk team, Saturday, July 14.

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The website is currently accessible with limited features in its beta version by clicking on the banner at scgov.net.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 13, 2012
New Sarasota County site live on Monday

Sarasota County will launch its redesigned website Monday, July 16, four months after the introduction of an online procurement system.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 12, 2012
July 12: Daily Headlines Video

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Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson has been alerted via email again that when the Siesta Key main public beach parking lot is full, Siesta residents offer up their residential properties as parking lots for money. File photo.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 12, 2012
Residential pay-for-parking irks Siesta residents

The Sarasota County Commission gave approval for a task force to sniff out residential lots offering up places to park for cash.

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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 12, 2012
What a hoot!

In April, Annette Broy moved to Sabal Drive on Siesta Key, and within a few days of moving in, she found that a family of owls had taken up residence in a tree in her yard.

  • Siesta Key
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Usually, volunteers set up the explosive canvas 600 feet from the surf, but they only had 400 feet to navigate for this year’s show.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 12, 2012
Siesta fireworks amaze despite restrictions

The beach was smaller for the Fourth of July celebration this year, but worries about illegal fireworks - and some dark clouds - didn't wash out the explosive fireworks show.

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  • News
Tropical Storm Debby further damaged the asphalt on the private road near Beach Access 3 on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 12, 2012
Siesta Key road sinks further

The private street skirting Beach Access 3 on Siesta Key gained more craters from recent flooding. But there's little anyone can do to slow it from slumping into the surf.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 12, 2012
Commission debates inlet money

The West Coast Inland Navigation District needs $400,000 more from Sarasota County for the 2013 fiscal year. Mote Marine Laboratory could potentially lose out on two projects, and law enforcement faces cuts.

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