Venice News

Venice Airport manager Fred Watts was arrested Saturday morning on a charge that he shoved his wife to the ground in a domestic dispute.

Phil Snyder is lacing up his tennis shoes. The reason: He's getting ready for the Suncoast Humane Society's Jingle Bell Walk on Dec.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:42 p.m. Contrary to popular punditry, voters can resist the noise of campaign rhetoric and tune into the nuances that don't make good sound bites.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. Concerns about ballots marked with blue ink going uncounted in the Venice City Council elections proved unfounded Thursday after an unofficial audit conducted by elections activists turned up no problems.

A blind Sarasota County veteran is closer to receiving a fully trained guide dog after Venice-based Paws for Patriots volunteers paid $10,000 to the Southeastern Guide Dog Association.

Venice residents on Tuesday voted in two moderates to serve on Venice City Council.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. Voter turnout for the Venice City Council election has been brisk for an off-election year, with no voting machine problems, precinct clerks said.

City voters head to the polls today in an election that is viewed as a referendum on the City Council's approach to development, the Municipal Airport and an open government lawsuit that cost taxpayers $1.5 million to settle.

City Commissioners agreed Monday to give the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee $125,000, parking on city land and beefed up police patrols in a deal to bring the south Sarasota campus to North Port.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Back in journalism class at Ohio Wesleyan University, one particularly tough professor used to mark papers with a red pen.

SOUTH VENICE a ' The State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Philosophy Club will play host to Ed Winddancer, a Native American performer, from 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. Tuesday at SCF Venice, 8000 S. Tamiami Trail, building 800.

A landscaper involved in a legal dispute with City Council candidate Harry Walia has asked police to investigate Walia for allegedly filing a false criminal complaint against him.

A federal transportation department reviewer will visit Venice next month for a two-day audit of the city's airport operations, including the runways and the Venice Jet Center.

Manatee Community College's new name has irked some in Manatee County. Since 2001, 10 of Florida's community colleges have changed their names after the state gave them the right to offer four-year degrees.

Even when the Venice Municipal Airport isna t on city councila s agenda, it still comes up for discussion.

With little discussion and no public comment Venice City Council voted at its last meeting to increase the amount it will take from the general fund reserve account.

Anthony Lorenzo's legal team gets their $780,000 paycheck this week. More significantly, the shade transcripts from all the private Council meetings with City Attorney Bob Anderson have to be made public.

WHAT TO DO WITH KIDS' ART Some tips to make storing - or trashing - kids' artwork easier: Let the kids help decide what stays and what goes.

Emilio Carlesimo and Ted Koszarski agree they made contact after a recent City Council candidate forum.

Having moved five times in the past nine years, Pam Syx, now of Venice, Fla., had many opportunities to chuck some of her two children's artwork along the way.