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Today is the day to take the golf/beach/boat braggart photos to share with northern friends, because rainy, windy and chilly weather will begin moving into the area soon, leaving us with a soup-making, football-watching kind of Sunday.
A staff update on City of Venice finances drew a fairly rosy picture this week in a strategic planning workshop held by the Venice City Council.
After months of reprieve, patches of red tide could become noticeable this weekend, warns the latest NOAA red tide conditions report.
CORRECTION: A story in Wednesday’s Venice Gondolier reported the wrong cost for the Venice Chamber’s Leadership Program. The cost is $795 for members and $995 for non-members for the entire 8-month program.
The Venice City Council has been anticipating taking a hit in the pocketbook because of the lingering red tide outbreak last year.
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Almost a year and a half after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on Florida, Sarasota County officials have completed more than 80 percent of the to-do items on their Irma after-action review.
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As the Good Samaritan Pharmacy and Health Services (GSPHS) organization celebrates its 11th year of operation in Nokomis, its directors and volunteer physicians are reflecting on what makes the non-profit so unique and vital to the Venice-area community.
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How many local houses of worship have a security team? How many have had active-shooter drills? Which churches can lock down the nursery and defend innocent people against an active shooter who enters during a church service?
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As the last item of business in their meeting Wednesday, Sarasota County commissioners took up the matter of lingering litigation over two amendments to the Sarasota County Charter.
There will be a scheduled water outage in the City of Venice on Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outage is due to the relocation of a water main, part of the Water Main Replacement Project Phase 5.
The idea of a “virtual” town hall meeting got no traction with Venice City Council members on Wednesday, but the prospect of holding one in person wasn’t very popular either.
WEST VILLAGES — Construction in the West Villages shows no signs of stopping.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect who burglarized a business Monday morning in Venice.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect who burglarized a business Monday morning in Venice.
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County Commissioner Nancy Detert told representatives of Venice Regional Bayfront Health (VRBH) last fall that they’d have to go a long way to get her support for their new hospital site.
WEST VILLAGES — Bases are loaded and its the bottom of the ninth for local Atlanta Braves fans who were able to buy tickets with for the March 24 game at CoolToday Park.
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Durgin-Park, a nearly 200-year-old Boston institution known for its baked beans, Indian pudding, clam chowder and playfully curt waitresses, closed its doors Saturday.
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SARASOTA — Whenever local lawmakers gather together, there is bound to be plenty of regional issues to discuss.
The Venice City Council has been anticipating taking a hit in the pocketbook because of the lingering red tide outbreak last year.
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Almost a year and a half after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on Florida, Sarasota County officials have completed more than 80 percent of the to-do items on their Irma after-action review.
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As the Good Samaritan Pharmacy and Health Services (GSPHS) organization celebrates its 11th year of operation in Nokomis, its directors and volunteer physicians are reflecting on what makes the non-profit so unique and vital to the Venice-area community.
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How many local houses of worship have a security team? How many have had active-shooter drills? Which churches can lock down the nursery and defend innocent people against an active shooter who enters during a church service?
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As the last item of business in their meeting Wednesday, Sarasota County commissioners took up the matter of lingering litigation over two amendments to the Sarasota County Charter.
There will be a scheduled water outage in the City of Venice on Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outage is due to the relocation of a water main, part of the Water Main Replacement Project Phase 5.
The idea of a “virtual” town hall meeting got no traction with Venice City Council members on Wednesday, but the prospect of holding one in person wasn’t very popular either.
WEST VILLAGES — Construction in the West Villages shows no signs of stopping.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect who burglarized a business Monday morning in Venice.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect who burglarized a business Monday morning in Venice.
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County Commissioner Nancy Detert told representatives of Venice Regional Bayfront Health (VRBH) last fall that they’d have to go a long way to get her support for their new hospital site.
WEST VILLAGES — Bases are loaded and its the bottom of the ninth for local Atlanta Braves fans who were able to buy tickets with for the March 24 game at CoolToday Park.
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Durgin-Park, a nearly 200-year-old Boston institution known for its baked beans, Indian pudding, clam chowder and playfully curt waitresses, closed its doors Saturday.
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SARASOTA — Whenever local lawmakers gather together, there is bound to be plenty of regional issues to discuss.
It is a leisure and pleasure interstate for all users of the Legacy Trail said Roger Normand, president of the Friends of the Legacy Trail. Together with a large turnout of cyclists attended the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the newly completed Legacy Trail Laurel Road …
The Venice Planning Commission this week recommended approval of new rules that would allow large scale projects to begin certain land clearing operations before a full scale project review had been completed by the city.
Deputies caught up with a hit and run driver after he fled the scene of an accident.
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Starting in July, you might not see any more butts on Charlotte and Sarasota county beaches.
The possibility of holding a virtual town hall meeting is one of the topics of an actual Venice City Council meeting Wednesday.
Renting is more affordable than buying a home in Charlotte and Sarasota counties, according to ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2019 Rental Affordability Report.
