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Virginia Hughes fit the nautical theme at the Mote Marine fundraiser March 21, at Sarasota Architectural Salvage.
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Incoming Girls Inc. Executive Director Robin Rose sits with several of the Girls Inc. girls in April. Rose joined Girls Inc. in August.
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Cathy Lankenau's first-grade class performs "Summarize a Story" May 7 in Southside Elementary School's variety show.
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Sarasotans watch this year's Fourth of July fireworks from around the city.
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Sarasota High School cheerleaders energize their classmates Aug. 23, at the Sarasota vs. Dixie Hollins football game.
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Siesta Key Kiwanis Club President Joe Sikora and Sarasota County Fire Department Chief Kevin Easton attend the Siesta Key Kiwanis Club weekly meeting Sept. 4.
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Artist Ketty Grossi works on her chalk art during the 2013 "Legacy of Valor"-themed Sarasota Chalk Festival, which took place Nov. 13 through Nov. 18.
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The Year in Pictures: November
Chris Deluna with her dog, Kiwi, at the third annual Achieva Reindeer Trot Dec. 7, at Payne Park.
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New Year's Eve Speakeasy Soiree
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Foundations Academies' Lorrin Mumford makes a snow angel during the school's Winter Wonderland event Jan. 25.
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Julia Schroeder, Eddie Martinez and Paula Scott, of Team Polo Grill and Bar, compete in the SMR Cup Feb. 22 through Feb. 24. 2
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The World Famous Wallendas stay in line during Mixon Fruit Farms' Orange Blossom Festival March 2.
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Emilio Vega, an 11-year-old Gullett Elementary School student from Colombia, was one of two students chosen to work side-by-side with first lady Michelle Obama as she planted a garden at the White House April 4.
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The Kibler family ranch was set to go to auction June 6.
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Vincent D'Amato plays a milk bottle bowling game during Dakin Dairy's family fun day June 15. 2
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Jack Baty keeps his balance during a water game of Twister at Chabad of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch's Camp Gan Israel July 8.
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Justin Matthews, of Justin Matthews Wildlife Rescue, shows children Causeway, an iguana, July 26 at All God's Children Preschool, at Living Lord Lutheran Church.
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Joshua Zuniger swings as high as he can during a celebration of the first anniversary of Bayside Community Church's East Sarasota campus Sept. 8.
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Pablo Rodriguez, pictured with his family of aerial artists, is inducted into the St. Armands Circle Circus Ring of Fame Jan. 13.
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Miniature potbellied pig Bacon, with owners Molly Lefevre and Lance Plowman, escaped from a fire in February on Gulfside Road by squeezing himself — potbelly and all — through the small glass panel of a jalousie window.
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1
Virginia Hughes fit the nautical theme at the Mote Marine fundraiser March 21, at Sarasota Architectural Salvage.
  • January 2, 2014
The Year in Pictures: March
2
Incoming Girls Inc. Executive Director Robin Rose sits with several of the Girls Inc. girls in April. Rose joined Girls Inc. in August.
  • January 2, 2014
The Year in Pictures: April
3
Cathy Lankenau's first-grade class performs "Summarize a Story" May 7 in Southside Elementary School's variety show.
  • January 2, 2014
The Year in Pictures: May
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The Year in Pictures: June
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Sarasotans watch this year's Fourth of July fireworks from around the city.
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