Siesta Key

Observer Staff
December 29, 2018

2018 Digital Year in Review

Top stories, Yourobserver.com, 2018, most popular, most read stories of the year, Sarasota, Longboat Key, Lakewood Ranch, Siesta Key

Sarasota
News

David Conway
December 12, 2018

Commission approves Siesta Promenade plans

Despite outspoken resident opposition, county officials deemed the Stickney Point development compliant with building regulations.

Siesta Key
News

Observer Staff
December 6, 2018

Sarasota weather page photo: Dec. 6

Mary Tygh Parks photographed this green heron having a bad hair day at Celery Fields.

Sarasota
Neighbors

David Conway
December 6, 2018

Big Pass legal expenses mount for Siesta, Lido

Resident groups on both sides of the contested project have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make their arguments.

Siesta Key
News

In Memoriam |

December 4, 2018

John Graham O’Neil, age 82 passed away peacefully on Sept 26, 2018. “Jack” was a resident of Sarasota, Florida for 34 years, previously of the North Shore of Chicago and Peoria, IL. His Obituary Tribute is publishing in the Sarasota Siesta Key Observer.

Sarasota
Tributes & Obituaries

Amelia Hanks
November 30, 2018

Seafood at the seashore on Siesta Key

The Third Annual Siesta Key Seafood and Music Festival took place over three days from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2.

Siesta Key
Neighbors

In Memoriam |

November 27, 2018

Irwin Palmer Starr

Irwin Palmer Starr, an internationally known broadcasting and media executive and beloved figure in the Sarasota, Florida community, died on Nov. 14, 2018 from lung cancer. Irwin was born in Detroit, Michigan; his obituary tribute is in Siesta Key/Sarasot

Sarasota
Tributes & Obituaries

Observer Staff
November 15, 2018

Sarasota weather page photo: Nov. 15

Sepp Gmuender captured the setting sun while looking over the Sarasota Bay from his home in Sarasota.

Sarasota
Neighbors

In Memoriam |

November 12, 2018

Sherman Cooper

Sherman Cooper, 86, of University Park Country Club, previously of Longboat Key, passed on November 9th, 2018. His obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Key & Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer.