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Friday, April 19, 2024

Sinkholes in The Villages attract attention of Smithsonian Magazine

Residents of the Village of Calumet Grove have become accustomed to a lot of media attention since sinkholes began opening up in February on McLawren Terrace.

Even as recently as this past week, helicopters from Orlando television stations were hovering above two homes already declared uninhabitable after new sinkholes opened up.

Smithsonian Magazine this week took a look at the situation and declares “The Villages is a hotbed of sinkholes.”

The scholarly online magazine points out that sinkholes occur more frequently in Florida than in any other state.

The report also states the obvious, “And The Villages has been in development overdrive.”

You can read the entire Smithsonian report at this link.

Golf course deserves a failing grade

A Village of Hadley resident recently played an executive golf course that had earned a B- grade in a recent report grade. He says the golf course now deserves a failing grade.

It’s great that Villages-News.com features holes-in-one

A reader from Arkansas is envious that Villages-News.com publishes stories celebrating Villagers’ holes-in-one. He wishes he and his friends could get that kind of recognition where they live.

Roosevelt Executive Golf Course should be downgraded to F grade

A Village of Bradford resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends the Roosevelt Executive Golf Course has a D grade, but should be an F.

The press is biased against Trump

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Osceola Hills makes the case that the press is biased against former President Trump.

Former Morse South Gate attendant offers a little perspective

A former Morse South Gate attendant, in a Letter to the Editor, offers a little perspective after another letter writer was critical of attendants working that gate.