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A museum detailing the relationship of the circus to Venice should open this summer in a restored Ringling Bros. rail car at the historic train depot.

The 2023 Ringling College Town Hall series will feature an international array of speakers to raise funds to support Ringling Library.

VENICE – Venice Regional Bayfront Health has contracted with Barry Seidel at American Property Group of Sarasota Inc. to sell 50-plus acres it owns at 2665 East Venice Avenue that had been eyed as a new hospital site. The land is being listed at $12.99 million, and though it is currently zoned OPI, or office-professional and institutional, the new buyer will have to petition Sarasota County to change it back to residential zoning before development. “I see it being rezoned again and probab...

Restored Ringling Bros. circus sleeper car moved to Venice Historic Train Depot VENICE – A restored sleeping car that once belonged to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was moved last week to the 1927 Historic Venice Train Depot, joining a restored caboose and statue of Gunther Gebel-Williams as part of a campus that pays homage to the city’s connection with the fabled circus. To ensure safety, the move was not publicized and volunteers helped detour cyclists on the Legacy Trail to...