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Siesta Key

Participants laugh and have fun as they enjoy themselves, Thursday, June 7, during the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Poker Tournament.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • June 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Poker Tournament

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Sarasota Kennel Club for the first time in order to host the 2012 Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Poker Tournament, Thursday, June 7, at the Sarasota Kennel Club. The proceeds directly benefited the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce and its efforts to host the 4th of July Community Fireworks Celebration at Siesta Beach.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 8, 2012
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Randy McLendon led the pledge of allegiance at a Newt Gingrich rally earlier this year. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 8, 2012
McLendon enters District 5 commission race

Randy McLendon, an Englewood Realtor, has qualified for candidacy in the race for the District 5 seat of the Sarasota County Commission, which will be vacated by Commissioner Jon Thaxton this fall.

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Holly Ferguson detonated the 2011 Siesta Key Fourth of July fireworks show — legally, of course. (Photo: Remarkable Photography)
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 8, 2012
Education key in illegal firework activity

Don Damron, senior fire reviewer for Sarasota County, at the June 7, meeting of the Siesta Key Association said ignorance is the cause of most illegal firework activity on Fourth of July.

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The county budget had been on a steady decline from the 2009 fiscal year until 2012.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 8, 2012
Preliminary budget forecasted to increase 3%

The Sarasota County preliminary budget for the 2013 fiscal year is set at $893.6 million, with economic development spending more than double the previous year.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 7, 2012
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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • June 7, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Mark Lubas

Mark Lubas is a classically trained opera singer who helps others find their own voice. Read more about him in our candid "five things."

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Jennifer Moore
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2012
Cinderella on the loose on Siesta Key

Jennifer Moore happened to be walking through Siesta Key Village with a friend when they came across a lone white pump last week on Siesta Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2012
Pine View grad secure rank

Alexander H. Hays, a 2004 graduate of Pine View School and 2008 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.Â

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As many as 14 firm representatives will meet at the Siesta Key Village gazebo June 21, for a walkthrough and informational session about Village maintenance.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
County releases Village maintenance request

The search for a contractor to take on maintenance of Siesta Key Village started when Sarasota County released a request for proposal through the newly implemented eProcure website.

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Joe Thraen started building the three-wheeled, cartoonish creation "Tweety Bird" in 1990. Determined to build it by hand with legal parts, it was more than a decade before it was ready for flight. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
Siesta Key's 'mane man' closes shop

Joe Thraen will close Siesta Key's Classic Shapes in Hair June 9. The 71-year-old salon owner will ride off into the sunset on his Tweety Bird motorcycle, leaving behind 30 years of memories.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
Crosswalks could provide marketing opportunity

As Stephen 'Dr. Beach' Leatherman crowns a new beach No. 1 in 2012, LED crosswalk lighting could give Siesta Key Village a progressive marketing edge.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
Merchants market Village as bridge work begins

The Siesta Key Village Association has launched radio, print and billboard advertisements in anticipation of lane closures on the Siesta Key north bridge.

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The water main connection between Siesta Key and Casey Key was constructed with metallic materials and had to take an inefficient path because of technology in the early 1970s. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
County Commission approves direct water main connector

The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved $1.13 million in funding for a new connection between Siesta and Casey keys.

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Fire Chief Henry Behrens stands atop the new Armstrong LaFrance fire truck in 1912 on South Pineapple Avenue. Photos courtesy of the Sarasota County History Center.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 7, 2012
A walk through time

The Sarasota City Commission will vote Monday, June 18, on whether to approve a permanent exhibit to be displayed in the Sarasota City Commission Chambers.

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