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Siesta Key

Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 15, 2012
June 15: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Barbara Sulton and Laura Proctor
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bay Island Siesta Association Meet and Greet

Members of the Bay Island Siesta Association met for their biannual meet and greet at John and Laura Proctor's home. Host Laura Proctor used her culinary skills to prepare a spread of various foods, and guests enjoyed mingling and tasting a selection of wines.

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Kaitlin Thibodeau and Mary Jane Fortenberry take a break from the water fight.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Pandamania Bible Camp at St. Michael the Archangel

Children are wild about St. Michael the Archangel's Summer Bible Camp. The camp, called PandaMania, incorporates the theme, "God is Wild About You," and the decorations and activities revolve around wildlife and nature. Campers worked on crafts and donation items, sang songs and had water fights.

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Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Chief of Staff Ron Turner helps attendees at the June 13 Town Hall meeting determine their new precinct name and polling place.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 15, 2012
Dent pushes absentee voting

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent during a June 13 Town Hall meeting said the November ballot would be complex and lengthy.

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The County Commission is set to review today its capital improvement projects and summarize its financial directions for the 2013 fiscal year.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 15, 2012
Commission won't commit funds to homeless program

Sarasota County commissioners decided not to allocate taxpayer dollars to a new homelessness program until it can review detailed financials and firm donation commitments.

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Neon buoys mark the placement barriers designed to minimize the spread of construction debris across the bottom of Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 14, 2012
North bridge construction commences

The Florida Department of Transportation closed one lane on the Siesta Key north bridge Monday, June 11, marking the start of nightly lane closures for construction expected to last until October.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 14, 2012
News Briefs

Deputies get noise tech lesson; Lighting demo scheduled

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  • June 14, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

This week's Observer Team Spotlight is Matt McDuffie.

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Following a birthday celebration, Therese Sutton captured the party-goers watching this sunset on Siesta Key Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 14, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Following a birthday celebration, Therese Sutton captured the party-goers watching this sunset on Siesta Key Beach.

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Unit 102-S at Crescent Arms, 6312 Midnight Pass Road, has two bedrooms, two baths and 977 square feet of living area. It sold for $565,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 14, 2012
Five-bedroom home in Point Crisp tops sales

A home in Point Crisp tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Clinton and Susan Pierce, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 1229 Point Crisp Road to Arthur and Joan Bourque, of Lynnfield, Mass., for $2.85 million.

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Siesta Key Village Association President Russell Matthes shows Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Cooper some parade route options.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 14, 2012
Siesta Key leaders start parade plans

Members of prominent Siesta Key organizations on Tuesday, June 12 met to start planning the Siesta Key Light Up the Village holiday parade.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 14, 2012
June 14: Daily Headlines Video

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  • June 14, 2012
Blooming beauty

Siesta Key resident Joe Volpe captured this dragon fruit in bloom, a rare sight, this weekend during a midnight rainstorm on Siesta Key.

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 14, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Leo Rojas

Leo Rojas is a local Sarasota chocolatier. Read more about him in our candid "five things."

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The combination of school vacation and frequent events swells the number of people attending the Siesta Key Drum Circle during the summer months.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 14, 2012
Deputies prepare for hot summer

It's another sweltering summer on Siesta Key, which means plenty of sunscreen, preparation for the Fourth of July fireworks show and large audiences at Sunday beach drum circles.

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