Editor’s Note: Unless you have no computer access, please email your letters to: rdupont@VeniceGondolier.com. Overdoses can happen anywhere Editor: Overdoses are happening everywhere, all over the country. In our current society, the streets are filled to the brim with ultra-strong … Find out how to read more online.

The deaths of three bicyclists in the area in the last few weeks have gotten the attention of the Venice City Council. That’s important, because the number of both serious and recreational bicyclists here is going to increase with the … Find out how to read more online.

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Recently, one of my grandchildren was writing a school paper on the Bering Strait for a geography project. Curiously, I peeked over his shoulder to see if they had changed anything since I was in school. Rolling his eyes as … Find out how to read more online.

Editor’s Note: Unless you have no computer access, please email your letters to: rdupont@VeniceGondolier.com. Island is a good place to stay in a storm Editor: As a resident who lives on the Island of Venice, I can assure you that … Find out how to read more online.

Mote Marine Laboratory has come a long way since it launched as a one-woman research shop in Placida in the mid-1950s. Now extending its reach across the globe, the Sarasota-based Mote is highly regarded for marine research programs and public … Find out how to read more online.

A little bead of sweat started to build at the bottom of my neck. The sweat dripped straight over each vertebra of my spine and disappeared over the tailbone. My soon-to-be father-in-law had his big man’s arm draped over my … Find out how to read more online.

Editor’s Note: Unless you have no computer access, please e-mail your letters to: rdupont@VeniceGondolier.com. Depot was, indeed, open Editor: I write in response to a caller’s concern expressed in your “Let ‘em Have It” column published on June 9. The … Find out how to read more online.

Venice City Council members want the city attorney’s input on shortening their quasi-judicial hearings. One way would be by listening when he’s trying to get them to focus on the issue they’re being asked to decide. It will make the … Find out how to read more online.

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Single Member Districts benefit the people — that is, if you vote. Today, all five Sarasota County Commissioners are elected county-wide. Many voters just vote straight ticket, without having a clue about who the candidates are. The cost of campaigning is … Find out how to read more online.

In reinstating Venice High head football coach John Peacock, Principal Eric Jackson has tried to find a balance between the value the community places on the football program and the need for it to exemplify values the community can be … Find out how to read more online.

We hear it all the time in political discourse — makers versus the takers. Republicans sometimes say certain folks make all the money, and the other folks just take their money. There is an element of truth, but not the … Find out how to read more online.

Editor’s Note: The number for the Let ’em Have It Line is 941-207-1111. Please keep your comments to 200-250 words. Some people are talking several minutes, and we cannot run those comments. They literally would take up half the page … Find out how to read more online.

Your local governmental bodies are about to undertake one of their most difficult and important duties, and it’s one that typically gets much less public participation than it should — budgeting. Both the Venice City Council and Sarasota County Commission … Find out how to read more online.

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What is wrong with people these days? I thought I’d seen just about everything in my lifetime. Only now we are being treated to something totally strange, and scary. A while ago, a man in Toronto drove a van on … Find out how to read more online.

Editor’s Note: The number for the Let ’em Have It Line is 941-207-1111. Please keep your comments to 200-250 words. Some people are talking several minutes, and we cannot run those comments. They literally would take up half the page … Find out how to read more online.

President Trump last week signed so-called “Right to Try” legislation that could help terminally ill patients get access to experimental drugs that don’t yet have FDA approval. It is appropriate and compassionate legislation that might give Americans with no medical … Find out how to read more online.

‘I think President Trump will be much more successful than President Carter. He has a bolder personality, a more loyal base and we now have the Internet. “Americans can get more news. Yes, a lot is fake or biased but … Find out how to read more online.