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Visitor from Vermont gets hole-in-one in The Villages
29+ min ago (83+ words) A visitor from Vermont got a hole-in-one in The Villages. If you get a hole-in-one, share the news at [email protected] While visiting Michael and Linda Gillen in the Village of Monarch Grove, Carol Weston from Bristol, Vermont was all smiles…...
Plenty of room for entitled golf cart driver at Southern Trace Plaza
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (44+ words) The driver of this four-seater golf cart was feeling pretty entitled at Southern Trace Plaza. Share your Bad Parking photos at'[email protected] The person driving this four-seater golf cart was feeling pretty entitled while parked at Publix at Southern…...
Deputy catches suspected drunk driver who nearly fell down during sobriety exercises
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (243+ words) An Ocala woman was arrested for DUI after almost hitting a street sign and nearly falling during sobriety exercises. A deputy saw 73-year-old Armi Locke Turner driving recklessly in Lake Panasoffkee around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the…...
Pipes in The Villages are collapsing due to overuse of fertilizer
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (111+ words) A Villager contends that pipes in The Villages are collapsing due to the overuse of fertilizer. The allowable use of artificial turf and rock landscaping in The Villages should be a top priority. Pipes are collapsing in the northern section…...
Maxine Colling
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (327+ words) Maxine was born on May 29, 1930, in Verona, Missouri. Her family later moved to Detroit before settling in Bay City, Michigan, where Maxine and Elliott raised their five children. In her later years, she became a beloved resident of The Villages,…...
Man allegedly threatens woman with knife over household item left out
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (313+ words) An Oxford man was arrested after allegedly threatening a woman with a knife when she did nit put something away on a shelf. A deputy met with the female victim of an alleged physical argument involving 32-year-old William Scranton at…...
Richard Garret Jeffer
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (217+ words) Richard Garret Jeffer, 89, of The Villages, FL passed away on Friday February 6, 2026. He was born November 22,1936 in Paterson, NJ to the late Richard and Mathilda (DeHaan) Jeffer of Midland Park, NJ. Dick was an independent fuel dealer and a volunteer…...
Golf course in such poor condition it should be closed
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (54+ words) A Villager says that a golf course is in such bad shape it should be shut down. We played the Volusia Executive Golf Course this morning and the greens were in terrible shape. The course should be closed until the…...
Jose Benigno Velez
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (441+ words) Jose B. Velez, Esq., a distinguished attorney, Judge, decorated United States Army veteran, and lifelong public servant, passed away surrounded by his loving family. He was 78. Born in San Germ'n, Puerto Rico, Jose embodied the values of service, education, and community…...
Driver with suspended license stopped with marijuana at Oakland Hills
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (232+ words) A Summerfield man was arrested with marijuana after being stopped with a license suspended for unpaid court obligations. A deputy observed a grey 2003 Ford F-150 heading north on U.S. Hwy. 441 near the entrance to Oaklands Hills at County Road 109 around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, according…...