Top Notch Week 2: An aggregation of manatees
Sharon Laird of Holmes Beach captured this May 31 photo of manatees in the Gulf of Mexico near 58th Street in Holmes Beach. Laird is the second weekly winner in The Islander’s 2026 Top Notch photo contest. There will be four more weekly winners of Page 1 placement in the newspaper. All the weekly winners will be entered into the grand prize round, which offers $100 from The Islander and gift certificates from Islander advertisers. For contest details, go to page 8 in this issue or islander.org. Islander Courtesy Photo
Want to enter? Email entries to topnotch@islander.org. Each original JPG must be submitted in a single email, along with the photographer’s name, the date the photo was taken, the location, a description, the names of any recognizable people and the photographer’s address and phone number. Complete rules are at islander.org.
