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Siesta Key

Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 3, 2012
FEB. 3: Daily Headlines Video

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Mark and Christine Tuchman of Mr. Beery’s
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 3, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Chamber Networking Luncheon

The members of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce gathered Friday, Feb. 3, at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse to hold a networking luncheon. Siesta Key business owners mingled and shared a meal.

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A Sarasota motorist veered off a Siesta Key road Thursday afternoon and seriously injured a bicyclist.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 3, 2012
Bicyclist injured on Siesta Key

A bicyclist was struck by a car on Higel Avenue Thursday and was seriously injured.

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Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 2, 2012
FEB. 2: Daily Headlines Video

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Jayna Hertlein, 3, enjoys filling her bucket with sand as she prepares to make a sandcastle Feb. 1 on Siesta Key Beach.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
Siesta businesses boom in season

Businesses on the Key say the No. 1 beach ranking and warm weather are translating into a double-digit increase in seasonal tourist traffic.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
VIP parking preserved for Fourth of July

In response to worries about interference with the Siesta Chamber's July Fourth VIP picnic, county staff is delaying the start of a stormwater project at the Siesta Public Beach.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2012
News Briefs

Libraries, Orioles team up to promote reading

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An early-morning kitchen fire will necessitate the closing of The Hub Baja Grill for up to four weeks. Photo courtesy of Robert S. Hackney.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
Kitchen fire causes The Hub to close temporarily

Fire officials were working Wednesday to discover the cause of a fire that resulted in at least $200,000 in damage to The Hub, closing it for up to four weeks.

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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
FDOT turns down Midnight Pass speed-limit request

Saying studies do not justify a change, the Florida Department of Transportation has denied a request by the Sarasota County Commission, the Siesta Key Condominium Council and the Siesta Key Association, requesting a lower speed limit on a one-mile segment of Midnight Pass Road.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
Four county schools make state's Top 20 lists

Pine View School, Sarasota School of Arts & Sciences, Sarasota Middle School and Laurel Nokomis are ranked in the Top 20 for their respective state categories.

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Robert Shuey and Joe Shaw, employees of Tierra Inc., check on the depth of the water table Jan. 31 in one section of the Siesta Public Beach Park. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 2, 2012
'Field work' under way at Siesta Public Beach

If you see a couple of men digging into the parking lot at Siesta Public Beach over the next couple of weeks, the odds are good they are part of a crew working under the auspices of the Sarasota County Public Works Department.

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The Rev. Dr. Jay Rock
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 2, 2012
Interfaith Partnership seeks to promote tolerance

St. Boniface Episcopal Church hosted the first of several gatherings planned by a new partnership, the Sarasota-Manatee Interfaith Partnership, Sunday, Jan. 29.

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Bill Freund has written his first children's book.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 2, 2012
Neighbors: Bill Freund

One Siesta Key resident puts his money where his pen is and writes a children's book.

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This home at 464 Island Circle has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,230 square feet of living area. It sold for $325,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 2, 2012
Melaleuca Way home tops sales at $380,000

A home in Siesta Properties Inc. tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Margaret Fuesy, Sarasota, sold her home at 7372 Melaleuca Way to Marina Costanza, Chicago, for $380,000.

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Craig Crossley submitted this sunset photo, taken near Shell Beach on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Craig Crossley submitted this sunset photo, taken near Shell Beach on Siesta Key.

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