Farewell Planned for Father Thomas Deasy as Health Fails
Father Thomas Deasy of Epiphany Catholic Church leaves Venice for Hartford Conn after Cleveland Neurological Clinic visit. Friends were to gather Sunday for a farewell handshake but his ill health ends plans. He served 33 years and worked with Exceptional Industries and the Venice Area Ministerial Association.
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Dorothy Lippstretter
Thomas Deasy
Epiphany Catholic Church
Venice
Thomas Collins
Cleveland Neurological Clinic
LaSallette Fathers
Hartford
Conn
Tom
Venice Area Ministerial Association
Deasy
Venice Council Considers Mandatory Drug Sentencing
Most councilmen favor a marijuana and hard drug possession ordinance modeled on a county measure. Gardner supports its Venice adoption as a general legal tool while opponents warn of constitutional challenges and acting as a test case.
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Ray Porter
Venice
James Gardner
Sarasota County
Ed Taylor
Taylor
Florida
Attorney General's Office
Frank Proctor
Planning board pushes sidewalk ordinance in Venice
Venice Planning Commission drafts a sidewalk ordinance for City Council approval to require sidewalks on all arterial, connector, local streets and cul de sacs near developments. It later approves Glenwood Manor concept with no sidewalk, amid debate over using stipulations in conceptual approvals. The proposal argues sidewalks are essential for traffic flow and pedestrian safety, to be funded by developers and built during major construction before occupancy.
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Planning Board
Venice Planning Commission
Venice City Council
Glenwood Manor
Airport Avenue
Commission
Ed Krebs
Sarasota County
City of
Venice
Girl dies of overdose in Sarasota may have Venice ties
An 18 year old woman died Tuesday in Sarasota from a drug overdose. Tammy Jo Wellesley, address unknown, was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital by three friends after being with them on Main Street. Police report she may have lived in the Venice area previously and came from New Jersey.
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Sarasota
Venice
Tammy Jo Wellesley
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Wellesley
Main Street
Jaycees Near Halfway Mark in July Fourth Fireworks Drive
The Greater Venice Jaycees report about $1,500 raised toward a $4,000 goal to light Caspersen Beach for the Fourth of July. Fireworks chairman Rick Hamm urges continued support from local businesses and residents, with final donor listings to follow after the May 10 deadline.
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Greater Venice
Caspersen Beach
Rick Hamm
South County
Disney World
Aladdin Moving and Storage
American Savings & Loan
B&w
J. Booth & Co
Company
First City Federal Savings and Loan
First Venice Savings & Loan
Foremost Ponder’s Liquors
John & Lynn McCaw
Pine Grove Dental Lab
American Legion Post
Venice
B& Bootery
B&j Dragline
Coast Federal Savings & Loan
Or Bros. Hardware
Farley Funeral Home
Hearing Aid Center
King Plastics
Robert Kramer
Rawles Funeral Home
Sun Federal Savings & Loan
Venice-Nokomis Bank & Trust
Hamm
Federal grant could aid Venice sewer system upgrade
Sarasota County Commission approves Ed Maroney as pass through for Venice to obtain a 201 Facilities Plan grant. The funding would help improve east side wastewater treatment and transport across the Intracoastal Waterway to the airport facility, with lead applicant issues resolved by county oversight. The plan, approved in 1948, awaits implementation.
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Sarasota County
Ed Maroney
City of
Venice
Florida Department of Environmental Regulations
Maroney
Dale Rieth
Rieth
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Charles Muller
Lucie Grey
Bill Gibson
John Kalajian
George Bally
New Jersey
Jaycees
It's Time Burger Queen
TV Guide
J. Byrons
Green Jountan Garden Center
Walgreens
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