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David Caplan, Golden Gate Point (sunrise)
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  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of weather photos: Sarasota

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2012, picking our best submissions was a near impossible task. You, our readers, submitted some of the most spectacular sunset and sunrise photos we have ever received!

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Robert Francisco
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  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of weather photos: East County

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2012, picking our best submissions was a near impossible task. You, our readers, submitted some of the most spectacular sunset and sunrise photos we have ever received!

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Joanna Graczyk got an airplane ride from her dad, Frank, before the show during Lakewood Ranch’s Moonlight Movie April 27. Published May 10, 2012.
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  • December 26, 2012
May Year in Pictures: East County

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of May 2012.

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Dean DuCray donned a Col. Sanders costume May 5 at the Sarasota Yacht Club’s Kentucky Derby party.
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  • December 26, 2012
May Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of May 2012.

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Briana Smith, Layni Chamberlain, Angela Mich and Claire Whitacre show off their Cougar spirit during Cardinal Mooney’s graduation ceremony at the Van Wezel.
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  • December 26, 2012
May Year in Pictures: Sarasota

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Bryan Prushinski, 43, and Eric hogenboom, 21, both of St. Petersburg, were neck and neck during the biking portion of the Florida International Triathlon, May 12, on Siesta Key.
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  • December 26, 2012
May Year in Pictures: Pelican Press

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  • December 26, 2012
Café L'Europe celebrates 40

Lordy, lordy, look who's 40.

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Channing Weir was crowned the 2013 Miss Lakewood Ranch. Published April 12, 2012.
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  • December 25, 2012
April Year in Pictures: East County

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Frankie Bersch was all smiles April 7 during the Easter egg hunt at Sarasota Yacht Club.
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  • December 25, 2012
April Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

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Quinn Sonner participated in the egg hunt at the Children’s Garden.
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  • December 25, 2012
April Year in Pictures: Sarasota

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Kathy Oravec leads the group in reaching up high during the beginning of her NIA class, April 24, on Siesta Key Public Beach.
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  • December 25, 2012
April Year in Pictures: Pelican Press

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SMART Volunteer Executive Director Gail Clifton and SMART rider Jessica Stort were eager to show off one of the new barns. SMART moved to its new 23-acre home March 1. Published March 1, 2012.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: East County

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Vice Mayor David Brenner celebrated his re-election to the District 3 Longboat Key Town Commission seat March 20, at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

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Allie Purcell, 13, loved riding in a wagon full of plants and flowers at the Plant and Garden Festival at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Sarasota

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Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, tells a national TV audience about his selection of Siesta Public Beach. He visited St. Boniface Episcopal Church March 10.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Pelican Press

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