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Longboat Key native Savannah Schield, with her dad, Steve, is one of 18 students who received scholarships from Longboat Island Chapel May 12.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: May

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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: July

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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

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: September

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Brooke Gillapsy sets sail in August, at Sarasota Yacht Club's summer camp.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: August

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: October

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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: Nov./Dec.

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Jim Novachek, Beachcomber
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  • December 31, 2013
Setting the scene

Enjoy our picks for the top sunset photos from 2013.

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Gurland
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  • December 31, 2013
Your Neighbor: Regina Gurland

Regina Gurland has lived in Sleepy Lagoon since 1976.

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  • December 31, 2013
You Observed

Here's a roundup of reader-submitted photos from events around the Key. To submit photos for this new weekly feature, email Robin Hartill at [email protected].

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Kurt Schultheis. This home at 620 Bowsprit Lane has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,918 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.3 million.
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  • December 31, 2013
Country Club Shores home sells for $4.3 million

Michele and Douglas McNeill, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 620 Bowsprit Lane to Coffeeville Ltd. for $4.3 million.

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ULI panelists made it clear that none of the recommendations can be implemented until the town and its residents agree to work together.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, ULI: 'Key should embrace change'

The panel's report urges the town to create a walkable Town Center concept near Publix and scrap its codes and Comp Plan.

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: October

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: November

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: December

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