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Monday, May 20, 2024

Villages couple claims victory in 2018 Dancing With Our Stars event

Rey and Consuelo Inovero of the Village of Woodbury danced their way to victory in the 2018 Dancing With Our Stars event Thursday night at La Hacienda Recreation Center.

The annual event, based on the famed television show, “Dancing With the Stars,” is a fundraiser for Dollars for Scholars.

Consuelo and Rey Inovero

Four couples competed in a variety of dance styles to win the trophy. Last year, Villagers Jim and Carol Hutchens waltzed off with the title.
Over the years, Dollars For Scholars has raised over $400,000 to help local students. “Starry Starry Nights,” was the big fundraiser for the group, but now Dancing With Our Stars” meets the challenge.

Duane Eddy was first rock-n-roll guitar god

Dr. Gabe Mirkin looks back on the life of Duane Eddy, who was the first rock-n-roll guitar god. He died recently at age 86.

Who is looking into fraud and waste in the amenity budgets in The Villages?

A Village of Collier resident, who is a certified fraud examiner, wonders if anyone is looking into potential fraud and waste in the amenity budgets in The Villages.

It’s gotten too crowded in The Villages

A Village of Gilchrist resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends it’s simply gotten too crowded due to overbuilding.

We have been told so many lies about ‘build out’

A Village of Chatham resident, who has been in The Villages for 20 years, asks when it comes to growth when is “enough, enough?”

Proper maintenance of infrastructure in The Villages ‘non-existent’

A resident describes a pipe problem that is occurring over and over again in his cul-de-sac. Read his Letter to the Editor.