Siesta Key News

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. Today begins a three-day weekend for many Americans, as our most important national holiday commemorates the courage of a handful of colonists, well-heeled professionals for the most part, who risked their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to form a new ...

The latest Siesta Village business in the zoning code spotlight is Caf Gabbiano in Davidson Plaza.

A former Suncoast theater actor is behind bars facing more charges for having sexual relations with minors.

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. They go out every Tuesday and they run real fast, Da doo run run run, da doo run run.

As a result of a unanimous vote on June 4, the Siesta Key Association is going to explore membership in a new Barrier Island Defense League with representatives from the Manasota Key, Casey Key and North Manasota Key associations.

The very word "noise" seems to emanate negative connotations. No one likes to be assaulted by unsavory sounds.

Tony McEachern points the way to Village Bikes. McEachern arrived at Five Points in downtown Sarasota on June 6, after walking from Duke Medical Center in North Carolina to Sarasota.

A fisherman nearly drowned in the Indian Beach area of Sarasota Wednesday. 51-year-old Mark Hebb of Sarasota fell into the water as he was fishing in the 2800 block of Bayshore Road.

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2:43 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2:43 p.m. Lovers of light mysteries should run, not walk, to their newest bookseller and pick up the latest Dixie Hemingway mystery by Blaize Clement.

Sarasota, Florida is a well known tourist destination featuring one of the top beaches in the world, Siesta Key, but where does a tourist, or a religionist like myself, go when seeking out one of God's meeting places for a little spiritual sustenance? With so many colorful and somewhat obscure spiritual centers and churches in Sarasota to choose ...

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. Superior Bank will close its Venice office and is preparing to shutter other Florida branches.

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. Patriotic pride is bumping up against economic reality again this summer, as communities across Southwest Florida struggle to fund Fourth of July fireworks displays.

The noise police are coming, but they won't be wearing the green uniform of a Sarasota County deputy.

Anyone who happened to be on Lakewood Ranch Main Street about 4 p.m. Thursday could walk right up and get a free sample of ice cream with a puff of whipped cream on top, scooped and served by Dennis Yoder, founder of Big Olaf Creamery Siesta Key.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Unprecedented amounts of dead, bleached seagrass, resembling vermicelli noodles or soft white straw, are washing ashore in clumps from Siesta Key south to Naples.

Joe Volpe and Laila Benyovszky say their marked patrol cars are now recognized throughout their Siesta Key neighborhood.

It's an understatement to say that the home invasion at Whispering Sands on Siesta has a lot of people worried.

Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. A teenager was injured this morning when he veered off Midnight Pass Road and hit a utility pole, a cable box, a mailbox and an Australian pine tree.

A helicopter will have to be brought in to remove a plane from a Sarasota neighborhood.

Published: Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. Beachgoers tired of running into "No trespassing" signs and of being shooed away from private beaches may soon get a deep-pocketed ally.