YEAR IN PICTURES: May, 2011

A parking meter stood bagged in downtown Sarasota, with paid parking set to begin May 23.

A "Today Show" producer held up copy for a reporter on Siesta Public Beach in preparation for a segment about the beach’s being named No. 1 in the nation.

A Veterans of Foreign Wars group makes its way down Main Street in the Memorial Day Parade.

Chief Judge Lee Haworth announced plans to retire from the 12th Judicial Circuit bench.

Love bugs proliferated on the Key, making it the worst season residents could recall in years.

Robin Schmidt worked on "Atlantis" during the 39th Annual Amateur Sand Sculpture Contest on Siesta Public Beach; she won third in the Adult-Miscellaneous category.