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Photo Galleries

Joe Tine and Shelia Lewis talk about their business prior to having lunch Thursday, July 28 at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LLSA at Fleming's
African iris
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 28, 2011
Island Oasis
We found a pumpkin sculpture sitting in a parking lot on Tamiami Trail.
  • By Loren Mayo
  • July 27, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The great pumpkin
Paula Egan, Sandra Edwards, Matt Brannan, Brad Moyer and Stephanie Brannon of Integrity Title made a Hawaiian hot dog.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Dog Days of Summer
The first wave of Olympic triathletes hit the water at 7 a.m. Saturday, July 23 as part of the Siesta Key Triathlon out at Siesta Key Public Beach
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Triathlon
Those who graduated from Riverview High School’s 1991 class got together for a class photo prior to dinner and dancing Saturday, July 23 at Michael’s on East.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Riverview High School 20-year reunion
Mike and Cyndi Seamon, Bill and Meike Dooley and Chris and Patty Sileo dressed up in sombreros and mustaches Friday, July 22 for the Interactive Mexico dinner at Pattigeorge’s.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Interactive Dinner at Pattigeorge's
Logan Newton got the call on the mound for the Suncoast Storm 12U team.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Suncoast Storm Tournament
Alli Earley brought her friend Shayla Bianchi.
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Barbecue Cook-off
People browsed the jewelry and other trinkets that were for sale Friday, July 22 at the estate sale.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 22, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Estate Sale benefits the Y
People enjoyed themselves at the Longboat Key Chamber event Thursday, July 21 at the Sports Page.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Chamber at Sports Page
Matt Binkley, a deputy with the Sheriff’s department, jumps from the helicopter into the water from about 10-feet up in the air in order to save a mannequin during the mock marine search and rescue mission.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mock marine search and rescue mission
Joe Resnick, 14, had fun singing into the Emergency Response Vehicle's intercom system during a training exercise.
  • By Pam Eubanks
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Disaster Camp for Teens
Lucy Zee, 5, takes a bite of one of her pancakes at the pancake breakfast put on by the Knights of Columbus Sunday, July 17 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.
  • By Observer Staff
  • July 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Pancake Breakfast at St. Michael's
Thirty-two children participated in the final week of the Mustang Golf Camp, which was put on by the Lakewood Ranch High golf teams.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • July 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mustang Golf Camp
Greenbrook residents Mike and Tara Warmuth enjoyed their first-ever shrimp boil.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • July 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Spyder Broussard Low Country-East County Shrimp Boil
Mark Huber and George Rauch pose in the kitchen while they cooked the 35 fish they caught for the Saturday, July 16 Christ Church and Spanish Main fish fry.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 16, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Fish Fry
People enjoyed dancing to some classic ’60s music played by Yesterdayze Friday, July 15 at Friday Fest at the Van Wezel.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Friday Fest
Jason Berzowski of Longboat Key Fire and Rescue prepares to drop the tape measure from the top of the cotton plant down to the ground Friday, July 15 at Casa del Mar.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Casa del Mar's cotton plant ceremony
Sen. Mike Bennett, SMR Director of Sports Tim Mulqueen, State Rep. Greg Steube, Manatee County Commission candidate Vanessa Baugh and former NBA referee Bob Delaney poured drinks for tips.
  • By Jen Blanco
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Charity Bartending Night
Keelie Robb loved performing a ribbon dance to "No One."
  • By Michael Eng
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Summer Dance Camp Recital
Sherry Griffith jumps out of the dory while her twin sister, Shelly, gets ready to whip the boat back around to head back out into the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, July 14 during the 2011 James "MAC" McCarthy Southeast Regional Lifeguard Competition.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 14, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: SE Regional Lifeguard Competition
Donna Gaume shows Wendy Wilson all the services and products Mandala has to offer Wednesday, July 13 at Sarasota Prime Time.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 13, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Prime Time
Corrie Williams, 21, feeds the stingrays bait fish Tuesday, July 12 at Mote. Williams recently graduated from Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL with a degree in zoo science and will be an intern at Mote for 6 months.
  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • July 13, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hungry, Hungry Stingrays!
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Latest News Photo Galleries

1
Joe Tine and Shelia Lewis talk about their business prior to having lunch Thursday, July 28 at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar.
  • July 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LLSA at Fleming's
2
African iris
  • July 28, 2011
Island Oasis
3
We found a pumpkin sculpture sitting in a parking lot on Tamiami Trail.
  • July 27, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The great pumpkin
4
Paula Egan, Sandra Edwards, Matt Brannan, Brad Moyer and Stephanie Brannon of Integrity Title made a Hawaiian hot dog.
  • July 25, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Dog Days of Summer
5
The first wave of Olympic triathletes hit the water at 7 a.m. Saturday, July 23 as part of the Siesta Key Triathlon out at Siesta Key Public Beach
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Triathlon

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