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SARASOTA — If you had room for a gathering of 867 people, and 1,042 arrived, the crowding would quickly be noticeable — and perhaps troubling.
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NORTH PORT — North Port City Commission is considering asking FEMA to require Charlotte County’s emergency personnel to follow its hurricane evacuees when they are being housed in another county.
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SARASOTA — Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis didn’t have to search far for a new director of the county’s Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department.
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Even though it’s already against the law, the city wants to make use of skimmers illegal within the city.
A simple requirement for the Venice City Council to sign off on a joint county stormwater monitoring permit turned into a lengthy discussion this week.
When more than 20 people spoke during audience participation in September, some Venice City Council members said they felt their meeting had been “hijacked.”
Time heals all wounds, the saying goes. But in reality, according to psychologist Dr. Chris Cortman, the mere passage of time doesn’t heal any emotional trauma and believing that it will delays getting the help that can.
The Venice City Council took a final step this week toward creating its own Central Park within city limits in perpetuity, off limits to any future development.
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SARASOTA — If you had room for a gathering of 867 people, and 1,042 arrived, the crowding would quickly be noticeable — and perhaps troubling.
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NORTH PORT — North Port City Commission is considering asking FEMA to require Charlotte County’s emergency personnel to follow its hurricane evacuees when they are being housed in another county.
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SARASOTA — Sarasota County Administrator Jonathan Lewis didn’t have to search far for a new director of the county’s Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department.
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Even though it’s already against the law, the city wants to make use of skimmers illegal within the city.
A simple requirement for the Venice City Council to sign off on a joint county stormwater monitoring permit turned into a lengthy discussion this week.
When more than 20 people spoke during audience participation in September, some Venice City Council members said they felt their meeting had been “hijacked.”
Time heals all wounds, the saying goes. But in reality, according to psychologist Dr. Chris Cortman, the mere passage of time doesn’t heal any emotional trauma and believing that it will delays getting the help that can.
The Venice City Council took a final step this week toward creating its own Central Park within city limits in perpetuity, off limits to any future development.
A ban on bike riding on downtown sidewalks was long overdue, Venice City Council members said Tuesday.
When I lived in Shaker Heights, Ohio, years ago, the Dali Museum was in Beachwood, the very next suburb to Shaker. I never went there, not even once.
The Venice City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on first reading Tuesday that gives it the authority to impose a surcharge on recycling rates.
A Port Charlotte motorcyclist was killed in South Venice last Friday after being struck by a vehicle.
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The fourth-annual Englewood Beach Waterfest is revving up for the Offshore Powerboat Association racing off Englewood Beach on Manasota Key this weekend.
Four fugitives from Adams County, Ohio, are back in jail after being apprehended in Venice.
The Sarasota County School District will hold a series of meetings next week to gather input on what to do about Venice High’s overcrowded conditions.
The second phase of a long-awaited low-income housing project in Venice is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Step one of three in the implementation of a recycling surcharge is on next Tuesday’s Venice City Council agenda.
SARASOTA — When the 2020 general election arrives, if Sarasota County Commissioner Nancy Detert decides to run again, voters in Englewood and most of Venice will not see her name on the ballot.
The Venice Police Department reported the following arrests:
SARASOTA — Following a rocky start to its meeting, the Sarasota County School Board looked at three items of new business.