By Jack Neworth I’m not sure if it’s prophetic, or eerie, perhaps neither that in the late George Carlin’s most recent HBO special (“It’s Bad For Ya”) he commented so much on […]
July 2008 – George Carlin, renown comedian and Venice canal resident, dies
July 2008 – Letters
Moon Over Venice Dear Beachhead, I just want to thank you for posting Silvia Kohan’s Moon Over Venice song on your website, http://www.freevenice.org. I saw/heard her perform this song years ago and […]
July 2008 – Summer Intern Amanda Renner Joins Beachhead
Amanda Renner, a student at Southern Illinois University, is working with the Beachhead this summer in order to gain experience with an alternative newspaper. Renner’s academic goal is to obtain a Bachelor […]
July 2008 – Five Recent Murders Go Unsolved in Venice
By Jim Smith Is Venice safe? Not for at least five people whose lives ended violently on the streets of Venice during the past two years. After more than two months of […]
July 2008 – Is Venice Safe? Town Hall Says Yes
By Mark Lipman The meeting started with the announcement that there would be no time limit, that the organizers wanted to hear what we had to say, that our concerns as ‘stakeholders’ […]
July 2008 – Lincoln Place Still Fighting Back
By Amanda Renner The Lincoln Place Tenants Association held a fundraiser, June 21, in celebration of its recent legal victories. Sheila Bernard, president of the Association, was there to answer questions, update […]
July 2008 – Ye Olde Town Council Report
By Erica Snowlake The newly revived Venice Town Council enjoyed its second meeting at the United Methodist Church, June 13, with 39 in attendance, daring the dreaded Friday the 13th. No, a […]
July 2008 – What do we see when we look out our window? Are we doomed to see only McSheds and blank walls?
By Fabiola Wright When my husband died more than ten years ago, I raised my two daughters in our house in a quiet part of the Oxford Triangle. We all loved the […]
July 2008 – Recycling Bins Set Up on Ocean Front Walk
A press conference, June 12, kicked off a new recycling effort with 12 sparkling-clean blue bins for glass, plastic bottles and aluminum cans, “clean” paper, and other metals and plastics. Appearing were […]
July 2008 – The Challenge of Freedom
By Mark Lipman I sit here looking out my window at the world around me. For 232 years I have been free, or so I am told. Free to live, free to […]
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