Ronald Dupont

VENICE — If you squinted, the marriage vow renewal ceremony looked like any other, with married couples smiling, smirking and laughing as they walked down the center aisle, as if

NORTH VENICE – PGT, which was purchased by MITER Brands, has laid off some of its workforce, the company confirmed Tuesday in a statement.

VENICE — Don't go visit areas in the community to see the damage after Hurricane Milton.

VENICE — When the Venice Gondolier asked its readers to vote on who they think are the best businesses in the area, the readers responded in force.

VENICE – After Hurricane Ian swept through Florida and the water subsided, Justin Pachota was able to survey the damage at Venice’s Snook Haven.

VENICE — The beach just north of the Venice Pier sounded like a high school graduation Sunday afternoon.

Drinking alcohol on Venice beaches now allowed

Planned Venice rooftop restaurant is subject of #1 story

Throughout my career, I have been to vehicle crashes where the motorists or passengers would have lived if they had simply put on their seat belts.

The last time we had a #1 story about the awful set of events involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, I do believe I said that it likely would be

Story on teen who died in Venice car crash is most-read

This was not supposed to be a bad crash. It certainly was not supposed to kill somebody.

Hello there. My name is Ronald Dupont Jr., and I’m the new editor of the Venice Gondolier.

We don’t often run stories on snakes but when we do, our readers sure do love to read them and share them.

If we write about exotic animals — such as an angry alligator, a mangy coyote or an abandoned house full of iguanas — those stories tend to get read and

Look! A shark!

Let’s make no mistake about it. The #1 story last week (and this week) is all of our local coronavirus coverage. Period.

I apologize ahead of time for the photos of dead bobcats that are being published with this week’s column. But there is a reason we made the decision to do

This week’s #1 most-read story was no surprise. When somebody well-known in the community gets a long prison sentence on child sex charges, people want to to know how and