Siesta Key News

The Saint Boniface Episcopal Church Thrift Shop held a fashion show and luncheon featuring sport, casual and dramatic eveningwear Tuesday, Nov.

Last year, Dorothy Guadagno whipped up a Thanksgiving feast for 11. Turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, veggies -- the works.

One of the first female firefighters in Sarasota County is calling it quits after almost 30 years on the job.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. Michael Saunders & Co.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. Bail denied.

Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota have restricted smoking on the beach to designated areas only.

Kissimmee Police detectives are investigating a suspicious death in the Siesta Key subdivision.

Currency trader Beau Diamond tried for a second time on Tuesday to get out on bail while his lawyer continues to try to negotiate a plea agreement to settle charges that he defrauded roughly 200 investors out of millions.

After "intense negotiations," state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he's "cautiously optimistic" that State Farm won't drop all of its Florida homeowners policies.

Siesta Key, near Sarasota on Florida's Gulf Coast, has powdery white quartz sand that stays cool even in the hottest summer weather.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:03 a.m. "No Trespassing" signs and other attempts to discourage the public from crossing or laying out on a particular stretch of sand would be more heavily regulated under a new law that goes before the public for the first time today.

We may not have a drag queen parade or a Hemingway look-alike contest, but for the next few days Sarasota County will have more liberal public drinking laws than Key West.

When the Sarasota County Commission holds a public hearing in early December on the topic of beach access, we expect a packed house.

Again . Except this time around, it's long-term. We move two weeks from today, and because of that things may be relatively silent around here for a little while.

Northern tourists, native beachgoers and snowy plovers will have to coexist on Siesta Key Beach.

Sarasota considers ordinance to guarantee public access to beaches. MIKE LANG SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE Buy photo MARIANNE PAGE has erected "No Trespassing" signs along her property at Point of Rocks on Siesta Key.

A real estate auction held in downtown Sarasota on Tuesday confirmed what many in the region already knew: Residential properties at the lower end of the market are moving, but luxury real estate is sitting still.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:12 a.m. Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson will not go unchallenged in her bid for a fourth term.

HGTV "Design Star" finalist Jason Champion has Halloween decorations out at his Siesta Key home: a 1960s orange tree with black ornaments.

Siesta Key architect Mark Smith will challenge County Commissioner Nora Patterson in the 2010 Republican primary.