Siesta Key

Observer Staff
November 3, 2011

News Briefs

City beats Key with August tourist tax revenue; Seminar to focus on rules enforcement; Meeting to address anchorage options

Siesta Key
News

Rachel Brown Hackney
November 3, 2011

Environmental board idea splits Sarasota commission

The Sarasota County Commission voted last week to hold off on creating a new environmental policy board and give its Tree Advisory Council one more chance to fill vacancies.

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Kurt Schultheis
November 3, 2011

P.F. Chang's China Bistro application moves forward

It's been more than a year since it was announced that Sarasota developer Dr. Mark Kauffman wanted to bring a P.F. Chang's China Bistro to the edge of downtown Sarasota.

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Kurt Schultheis
November 3, 2011

City seeks input at mooring field meeting

Sarasota is seeking public input for a long-awaited mooring field in Sarasota Bay, with construction set to begin in December.

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Rachel Brown Hackney
November 3, 2011

FULL STORY: St. Denis only Sarasota County semi-finalist who remains

The Mercer Group pared its original list of 45 applicants for former Administrator Jim Ley's replacement down to eight. The former Longboat Key town manager remains the only local left.

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Rachel Brown Hackney
November 3, 2011

FULL STORY: Parking meter rate increase in effect

The city of Sarasota is reminding the public that parking meter rates rose Nov. 1, as planned previously by the Sarasota City Commission.

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News

Rachel Brown Hackney
November 3, 2011

Public ceremony to mark opening of trail's overpass

At 9 a.m. Saturday, at the Venice Train Depot in Venice. Sarasota County officals will gather with other community representatives - and, undoubtedly, more than a few cyclists - to celebrate the opening of the Legacy Trail pedestrian overpass.

Siesta Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
November 3, 2011

Business owners push First Street renovation

Downtown business owners want downtown renovation dollars to be spent to upgrade a rundown First Street near U.S. 41.

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News

Mallory Gnaegy
November 3, 2011

Palmer Point Park project awaiting one more permit

The county needs a Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit before a contractor can use state right of way by the north Siesta bridge.

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Neighbors

Loren Mayo
November 3, 2011

Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

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Rachel Brown Hackney
November 3, 2011

Island Beat: Legoman puts international spotlight on Siesta Key

From coast to coast and across Europe, it appears Legoman has drawn even more attention to the Key than the No. 1 beach ranking this year.

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Neighbors

Adam Hughes
November 3, 2011

Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

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Observer Staff
November 3, 2011

Weekly Winner: Siesta Sunrise

Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of the sun rising on Siesta Key.

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Neighbors

Loren Mayo
November 3, 2011

Athlete of the Week: Cary Cohenour

Cary Cohenour, founder and head coach of Sarasota's Celsius Tennis Academy, was recently named the United States Tennis Association's Florida Junior Competitive Coach of the Year.

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Observer Staff
November 3, 2011

JUST THE STATS

13 - Number of seconds by which Sarasota Crew Boys 4+ bested 76 boats to win first place in the Head of the Charles Regatta, held Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, in Cambridge, Mass.

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