Noelle and Heather Amorini play with their dog, Tucker, in July at the Longboat Key Freedom Fest celebration.
Naomi Cassagnol hangs above the water before splashing into the pool at Sarasota Yacht Club’s Fourth of July celebration.
Beachgoers flocked to Longboat Key’s beaches during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Fireworks exploded over Sarasota Bay during the Boom Boom on the Bay event in July.
Jason Berzowski, of Longboat Key Fire Rescue, prepares to drop a measuring tape from the top of the cotton plant at Casa del Mar in the measuring in July for the Guinness World Record of the "World's Tallest Cotton Plant."
Huber-Rauch: Mark Huber and George Rauch cooked up the 35 fish they caught for Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian’s fish fry in July.
Mike and Cyndi Seamon, Bill and Meiki Dooley and Chris and Patti Sileo dressed the part for the July Mexican-themed interactive dinner at Pattiegeorge's.
Euphemia Haye sous chef Jamie Gregorich competed in season 9 of FOX's "Hell’s Kitchen," which premiered in July.
