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Coral Sheridan, 5, attend Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub's 25th Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 30. After the hunt, participants feasted on doughnuts and candy and posed with the guest of honor, the Easter Bunny.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: March
Jan Haynes, Nancy Vercauteren and Judy Heath raise their glasses April 3, at Restaurant Le Colonne, at a gathering of the Armalido Martini Club.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: April
Longboat Key native Savannah Schield, with her dad, Steve, is one of 18 students who received scholarships from Longboat Island Chapel May 12.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: May
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  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: July
Nathan Alderman smiles with a diver in the background at Mote Marine's World Oceans Day Family Festival June 8. 6
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: June
Maison Blanche chef/proprietor Jose Martinez and his wife, Victoria, with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, who filmed his television show "Emeril's Florida" Sept. 9, at the Longboat Key restaurant.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: September
Brooke Gillapsy sets sail in August, at Sarasota Yacht Club's summer camp.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: August
Paddleboarders from as far away as Vancouver, Canada, and Turks and Caicos gather for the third SUP Sarasota race series Oct. 12, at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: October
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: Nov./Dec.
Fran Gott dresses as a bronze statue, called "the janitor," Oct. 25 for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' annual Boo Fest event on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: October
Ursula, played by Sabrina Gallien, complains to Jetsam (Melina Cuffaro) and Flotsam (Nicole Petersen) in Lakewood Ranch High School's "The Little Mermaid," which ran Nov.15 through Nov. 17.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: November
Meghan Neu, Ryan Hitchcock, 3 months, and Danny Riordan play Mary, baby Jesus and Joseph at Living Lord Lutheran’s Church annual "Night in Bethlehem" event Dec. 7.
  • By Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: December
Jacqueline Morton at Bradenton Opera Guild's Winter Gala Jan. 13, at Bird Key Yacht Club.
  • By Black Tie Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Best of Black Tie 2013
Travis Belsito, Logan Reiber, Peyton Thomas and Philip Knowles
  • By Black Tie Staff
  • December 21, 2013
Debutante Ball
Carly and Rob Toomey with Charlotte and Jackson
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer
  • December 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: NewGate School Winter Festival
Molly Harris works hard on her snowman ornament.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer
  • December 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: First Presbyterian Preschool Pageant
(Front) Nicholas Colacci, Dylan Bennett and Cade Saalmann felt the music.
  • By Josh Siegel
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Braden River Middle School SnowComing
Marilyn Bradley and Carol Sawyer
  • By Kelsey Grau
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Republican Club Holiday Party
Mariah McMiller and Sarah Demlak decorate cards.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Boys & Girls Club Holiday Party
John and Millie Emond, as Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and Bill Crocker play dress up for their neighbors.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Horseshoe Cove Golf Cart Parade
Six-year-old Sam Robbins smiles for a free hot dog.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Party for the Park
Co-captain Marina Masterson led the Lakewood Ranch varsity cheerleading squad out onto the floor.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • December 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Cheerfest Competition
Chuck and Gayle Sobieck with Mike Plunkett and Kathy Mathews
  • By Kelsey Grau
  • December 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The Sanctuary Holiday Party
Calista Hidalgo as Snow White
  • By Josh Siegel
  • December 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Gullett Elementary's 'A Snow White Christmas'
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Latest News Photo Galleries

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Coral Sheridan, 5, attend Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub's 25th Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 30. After the hunt, participants feasted on doughnuts and candy and posed with the guest of honor, the Easter Bunny.
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: March
2
Jan Haynes, Nancy Vercauteren and Judy Heath raise their glasses April 3, at Restaurant Le Colonne, at a gathering of the Armalido Martini Club.
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: April
3
Longboat Key native Savannah Schield, with her dad, Steve, is one of 18 students who received scholarships from Longboat Island Chapel May 12.
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: May
4
...
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: July
5
Nathan Alderman smiles with a diver in the background at Mote Marine's World Oceans Day Family Festival June 8. 6
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: June

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