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PHOTO GALLERY: Bashaw Lego-tastic Mother-Son Fun Night
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Sarasota Exotic Car Fest: Luxury Lifestyle Jet Port Reception
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Sophisticated Strut Fashion Series
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2014 Statesman of the Year honoring U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
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PHOTO GALLERY: Dinner for Artists
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11th annual Caring Hearts Luncheon
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The Fellowship Garden looked like a scene right out of Downton Abbey.
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SEAS THE MOMENT. Residents of Spanish Main Yacht Club enjoyed reading the Longboat Observer during a January cruise to Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel, Mexico, on Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas.
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Alden Wright, 11, Isaac Wright, 8, and Jack Muller, 8, enjoy the festival after their baseball game.
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  • February 16, 2014
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Sarasota Exotic Car Fest: Luxury Lifestyle Jet Port Reception
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Sondra Biller and Karen Harris
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Dr. Sylvia Earle with Dr. Michael and Sharon Crosby
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PHOTO GALLERY: Mote Marine Laboratory's Tea for the Sea
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