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Norma Martin thanked more than 70 people for attending her birthday party, and told everyone to make sure and take home a cupcake.
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  • January 1, 2015
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Tom Ellison plays the saxophone for Soul Sensations.
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  • January 1, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Music on Main
Charlotte Zwick celebrates her 105 birthday at Bahia Oaks Lodge. She rode her new scooter, which was an early birthday present from family, into the dining room where guests sang and swapped stories.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2014
The Year in Pictures: January
Lily Thiron and Ashlyn Shelson take a break from riding their tricycles at the Early Care Center of First United Methodist Church's annual St. Jude Trike-A-Thon.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2014
The Year in Pictures: February
Julianne Teague sings the "Green Eggs and Ham" song during Felice Tannen's kindergarten class's celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Liza Collier and Ana Yavitz act out the plague of darkness at The Gan at Temple Sinai's Passover Sensory Experience.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Col. Randy Gangle with Col. John Saputo, whom the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Sara DeSoto Chapter honored.
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Les and Pam McCurdy prepare for the opening of McCurdy's Comedy Theatre and Humor Institute on Ringling Boulevard.
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Kayla LeBlanc lights a sparkler at the downtown Fourth of July parade.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Sisters Juliet and Jessie Cantrell play in the water at the Hang Ten for Austim event at Siesta Key Beach.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Girl Scouts Meredith Carroll, Abbi Geiger and Lilly Irelan hug their favorite stuffed animals at a sleepover at Selby Public Library.
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  • December 30, 2014
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"Siesta Selfie" was one of the entries into the Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition at Siesta Key Beach.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Grace Hullinger promotes peace on Earth from the float for the Sarasota Tabernacle Christian School in the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade.
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  • December 30, 2014
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Marcy Downey entertains Seaplace residents at the Jan. 15 cabaret show, "Here's to the Divas and Dames."
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  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: January
Florence Katz, 98, center, with Karen Bokor, Judith Vigder, Robert Vigder and Cheryl Brause at a Feb. 23 tribute and fundraiser held in Katz's honor by the Temple Beth Israel Men's Club.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: February
Joe Walsh serves pancakes with a smile at the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key's annual pancake breakfast March 22, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.
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  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: March
Susan Phillips, center, with Longboat Key Garden Club scholarship recipients, Abigail Oakes, Erika Smith, Isabella Soutullo and Nicolas Scheffer at the group's annual meeting and picnic April 8, at Joan M. Durante Park. 4
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
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Sam Von Duhn, Ryan Roberts, and Tony Musca of Bay View, Ohio, show off the 692-pound mako shark they caught during a Double Nickel Charters fishing trip with their families, off Longboat Pass.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: May
Lori Fountain, Peter Tuffo, Alcides Santiesteban, Eric Mauger, developer Jay Tallman, Mayor Jim Brown, Amy Drake and Angie Kimmich sport hardhats as they celebrate the groundbreaking of Aria condominium June 25.
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  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: June
Cyndi Seamon and Lindsey Conrad count unhatched sea turtle eggs to determine how many hatchlings possibly made it to the water during a July nest excavation.
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  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: July
Ciarra Buff and Joseph Peery board the bus bound for Martha B. King Middle School on the first day of school Aug. 18.
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  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: August
Longboat Key Public Works Department crew leader Mark Kerr places one of 2,977 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive in September — one in honor of each victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: September
Travis Goulet and Brian Helgemo hug after crossing the finish line at the Oct. 19 Longboat Key Triathlon.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: October
Sunny McGrath, Barbara Anne Manning, Craig Dropkin, Richard McGrath and Vietnam veteran Bob Hamel march in the inaugural Rotary Club of Longboat Key Veteran’s Day Parade Nov. 11, on Bay Isles Road.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
The Year in Pictures: November
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Latest News Photo Galleries

1
Norma Martin thanked more than 70 people for attending her birthday party, and told everyone to make sure and take home a cupcake.
  • January 1, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Norma Martin celebrates 100
2
Tom Ellison plays the saxophone for Soul Sensations.
  • January 1, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Music on Main
3
Charlotte Zwick celebrates her 105 birthday at Bahia Oaks Lodge. She rode her new scooter, which was an early birthday present from family, into the dining room where guests sang and swapped stories.
  • December 30, 2014
The Year in Pictures: January
4
Lily Thiron and Ashlyn Shelson take a break from riding their tricycles at the Early Care Center of First United Methodist Church's annual St. Jude Trike-A-Thon.
  • December 30, 2014
The Year in Pictures: February
5
Julianne Teague sings the "Green Eggs and Ham" song during Felice Tannen's kindergarten class's celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus.
  • December 30, 2014
The Year in Pictures: March

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