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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: June

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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: July

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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: August

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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: September

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  • December 31, 2013
Our View

Word for 2014: revelation

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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: January

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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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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: February

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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.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: March

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Jan Haynes, Nancy Vercauteren and Judy Heath raise their glasses April 3, at Restaurant Le Colonne, at a gathering of the Armalido Martini Club.
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  • December 31, 2013
Year in Pictures: April

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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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Year in Pictures: Nov./Dec.

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  • December 31, 2013
Setting the scene

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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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  • Adam Hughes
  • 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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The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team made history becoming the first public school in the state of Florida to win three state championships.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Sports: Top Teams of 2013

As another year comes to a close, we at the East County Observer, once again, celebrate your accomplishments with our Year in Sports 2013.

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The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team celebrated its first district title since 2011 with an 11-3 victory over rival Cardinal Mooney in the Class 3A-District 10 championship April 26.
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  • December 31, 2013
2013: Year in Sports - Top Moments

As another year comes to a close, we at the East County Observer, once again, celebrate your accomplishments with our Year in Sports 2013.

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Janet Brooks, Serenoa
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  • December 31, 2013
Setting the scene

The top weather photos of 2013.

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  • December 31, 2013
Cops Corner: Best of 2013

As we celebrate another year, we have compiled our favorite entries of 2013.

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Pam Eubanks. This Greenbrook Village home, which has five bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,177 square feet of living area, sold for $570,000.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 31, 2013
Greenbrook Village home sells for $570,000

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, sold the home at 15122 Sundial Place to Aaron Apostolico, of Bradenton, for $570,000.

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Photo by Cliff Roles
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Anniversaries

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

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Olivia Ione Carlson
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Births

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

  • East County
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Savanah Doyle, right
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  • December 31, 2013
Occasions: Sweet 16: Savanah Doyle

To see your own wedding, engagement, anniversary and birth annoucements in the East County Observer, send your information to [email protected].

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David LaRusso, the general manager of the Linger Lodge restaurant, says all of the cabins are currently booked.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, Linger Lodge for sale again

The owners of East County staple Linger Lodge & Campground have put the little piece of Old Florida up for sale. They cite a rebounding economy.

  • East County
  • News
"Growing up in the circus and traveling across America was very exciting, very interesting and informative," Gena Shvartsman Cristiani says. "It was also very normal to just get up and leave all the time."
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 31, 2013
Video Year in Review: October 2013, In the Center Ring Crafty Genes: Pallet Bed Frame

Gena Shvartsman Cristiani grew up in a juggling family as a prodigy juggling performer who continually traveled the nation. Just recently, she started calling Sarasota home.

  • Sarasota
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Authorities locked down the Westfield Southgate Shopping Center yesterday following a suspicious incident. Today, the Sarasota Police Department revealed a man had been spreading his fiancee's ashes.
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  • David Conway
  • December 31, 2013
Web Year in Review: October 2013, Man scattering fiancee's ashes caused mall shutdown

According to Sarasota Police Department Lt. Pat Ledwith, the man's fiancee died several months ago.

  • Sarasota
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  • David Conway
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, Garage delays frustrate developer

Pineapple Square developer John Simon believes delays at the State Street garage are not only a legal issue but could cause long-term damage downtown.

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