Siesta Key News

If I were a brown pelican, flying high above the Gulf islands of Florida, I imagine that I would see thin strips of land trimmed in white, surrounded by water as clear and blue as the cloudless sky above.

A yearlong clash on Siesta Key may be over after nine big condo associations reached a compromise with a county commissioner over the crafting of a new beach access law.

So, you live in Orlando but you're sick of going to the East Coast... You want a change.

Sarasota's jam-packed cultural season attracts residents and visitors from all over.

As a result of the Nov. 17 Sarasota County Commission meeting, it appears the only detail remaining to resolve The Hub lawsuit is a public hearing on Dec.

Too many people are obsessed with Thanksgiving as the kickoff for the holiday shopping season or as one of the very few days a year they get to indulge in food without feeling overly guilty.

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.