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Siesta Key

Sarah Darling lost her engagement ring while on vacation at Siesta Key Beach.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • November 14, 2019
Have you seen this ring?

The custom-made gold engagement ring is believed to be around the Hyatt on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
An initial rendering of Fire Station 13, located on Siesta Key, shows a two-story building that matches the beach facade. Photo courtesy of Sweet Sparkman Architects.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • November 12, 2019
Work begins soon on new Siesta Key fire station

The station will be built on the same location, at 1170 Beach Road, and will be two stories.

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  • News
Dennis Yoder, owner and founder of Siesta Key Creamery, started in the ice cream business in 1982.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • November 7, 2019
What's the scoop: Siesta Key gets new creamery

Veteran ice cream shop owner opens store in Siesta Key South Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 1, 2019
Siesta Key estate sells for $10.5 million

Flamingo Drive property is the highest sale on the island this year and second highest overall.

  • Siesta Key
  • Real Estate
    In Memoriam |
  • October 25, 2019
Mary Beth Mollo (nee Hoelter)

Mary Beth Mollo (nee Hoelter) died on July 17, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • October 17, 2019
James Walker Wiggin, Jr.

WIGGIN, James Walker, Jr., 86, born May 19, 1933, of Mansfield, Ohio and Sarasota, Florida, died Saturday, October 12 in Tidewell Sarasota Hospice.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 9, 2019
Siesta Key group appeals Big Pass ruling

The Siesta Key Association is challenging a judge’s determination that the city followed proper procedures as it pursued a Lido Key shoreline renourishment project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 4, 2019
Siesta Chamber of Commerce celebrates 60 years

The chamber was founded July 20, 1959.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
More than two dozen birds have been taken to Save Our Seabirds for medical attention in the last week.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 4, 2019
Increased number of sick seagulls reported on Siesta Key Beach

Save Our Seabirds has had around 25 birds brought in for medical attention.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility will be demolished in 2020.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • October 2, 2019
Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility demolition slated for 2020

The facility was decommissioned in 2018 and the property is now home to the Siesta Key Master Pump Station

  • Sarasota
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    In Memoriam |
  • September 23, 2019
Allan John Swanson, USAF Colonel, Retired

Our dad and grandfather was born to immigrant parents from Sweden and England.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
“Alice Down the Time Hole" by Melineige Beauregard and Andrius Petkus received the Sculptors' Choice artist team award in 2018.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • September 20, 2019
Siesta Key Crystal Classic to benefit Ringling College

The Siesta Beach Festival Inc. teamed up with Ringling College of Art and Design to create a scholarship.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 19, 2019
Traffic a key issue in suit against Promenade

Siesta Key residents say the project will only exacerbate issues near U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Evelyn England and Becki Creighton
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • September 6, 2019
Siesta Key Chamber members mingle at September luncheon

The members of the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce networked over lunch at The Old Salty Dog.

  • Siesta Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • August 30, 2019
Doris Franklin Stelzer

It is with much sadness that the family of Doris Stelzer announces her passing on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. She was 96 years old.

  • Longboat Key
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