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Siesta Key

    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 21, 2011
More turtles nesting on Siesta Key beaches

So far this summer, turtles seem to be nesting in greater numbers on Siesta Key, according to Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta Key Association.

  • Siesta Key
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Josh and Michele Reich
  • By Elaine Glickman
  • July 21, 2011
Turtle Beach havdalah event unites generations

Turtle Beach was the beautiful setting, as more than 100 members and guests of Temple Emanu-El gathered on June 18 for the third annual Beach Cookout and Havdalah.

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  • Neighbors
The public is being invited to join efforts to increase the scallop population in Sarasota Bay.
  • By Jeff Birnbach and John Ryan
  • July 21, 2011
Scallop Restoration will help repay bay

At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, Scallopollooza - Repay the Bay, a fundraising evening at the Sarasota Yacht Club, will be open to the public.Â

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2011
State Street garage plan moves forward

The city of Sarasota will begin a two-phase plan to build a State Street parking garage that could be completed by October 2013.

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This home at 99 Beach Road, on Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 1,742 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.8 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 21, 2011
Siesta Key home sells for $1.8 million

Brent Cooper, trustee, of Rockville, Md., sold the home at 99 Beach Road to Christy Ramsey, of Bristol, Ind., for $1.8 million. Built in 1940, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,742 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.65 million in 2009.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 21, 2011
Teenager hooks winning tarpon

Siesta Key residents Trevor Cowieson is the youngest participant to win the Sarasota Sportfishing Angler's Club annual Tarpon Tournament.

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Norman Schimmel submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2011
Weather July 21

See this week's temperatures and rainfall.

  • Siesta Key
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The municipal parking lot between Avenida Madera and Avenida de Mayo is one of two commercial lots on Siesta not linked to specific businesses.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 21, 2011
SKVA gets update on parking, housing rentals

A county code enforcement officer says Siesta Key property owners are charging drivers up to $20 a day to park illegally in residential areas. Some property owners are violating a county ordinance that supersedes a state law on short-term rentals.

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The Sarasota City Commission chose a maximum millage rate that would generate an additional $800,000.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 20, 2011
Maximum millage rate set at 2.9249 mills

The Sarasota City Commission held a budget Town Hall meeting tonight to discuss the budget with the city's residents and set a maximum millage rate.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 20, 2011
The Castaway

This week's Castaway cartoon.

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The Sarasota City Commission agreed to move forward with a State Street parking garage process Monday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 19, 2011
State Street garage process moves forward

Sarasota city commissioners reviewed a proposed parking garage and an affordable housing deletion request at their regular meeting Monday.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 19, 2011
Siesta Key water service to be disrupted

Utility work will affect up to 1,400 customers near Midnight Pass and Sarasea Circle.

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The Sarasota City Commission will hold a regular meeting today at City Hall to discuss eight pages worth of agenda items.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 18, 2011
Commission discusses parking garage today

Sarasota city commissioners will review a proposed parking garage and an affordable housing deletion request at their regular meeting today.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 18, 2011
County's finance chief resigns

After being placed on administrative leave, Jeff Seward resigns his post amid an ever-growing procurement scandal.

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Lucy Zee, 5, takes a bite of one of her pancakes at the pancake breakfast put on by the Knights of Columbus Sunday, July 17 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Pancake Breakfast at St. Michael's

The Knights of Columbus at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church held two donations only pancake breakfasts Sunday, July 17 after Mass at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.

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