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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Villages-News.com surpasses 30,000 likes on Facebook

Villages-News.com celebrated its “30,000 like” milestone this past weekend on our Facebook page, the most engaging Facebook page in The Villages.

Did you know that 70 percent of all of our Facebook followers are female? Or that 68 percent of all of our followers are over the age of 45? 

Although our top Facebook followers hail from The Villages, Ocala and Summerfield, our stories are read around the globe.

Top Villages-News.com readers (International)
Top 5 countries with most Villages-News.com website views

In fact, unlike most other publications or businesses in The Villages, Villages-News.com is completely “snowbird-proof,” because Villagers are able to take the news with them anywhere and everywhere.

Top Villages-News.com readers (United States)
Top 7 states with most Villages-News.com website views

And although Villages-News.com specializes and focuses on news pertaining to The Villages, we also put an emphasis on covering local happenings in general, whether they happen within the boundaries of The Villages or just on the outskirts.

States with most Villages-News.com website views
Top 7 cities with most Villages-News.com website views

This year alone, Villages-News.com Facebook videos have been seen more than 1.3 million times.

We constantly update our Facebook with local news alerts, classifieds, videos and much, much more! If you are on Facebook, we highly recommend that you check it out: www.facebook.com/TheVillagesNews. It’s a great and easy way to share stories, events and everything else with your friends and family.

Vietnam veterans grateful for community support

An official with Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1036 is grateful for community support. Read his Letter to the Editor.

Serious top-down management failure in The Villages

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Collier resident has been studying the golf course crisis in The Villages and has concluded there has been a serious top-down management failure.

Let them keep the fence!

A Village of Palo Alto resident, in a Letter to the Editor, expresses support for a couple in The Villages fighting to keep a fence to keep out elements of the outside world.

There are truly wonderful people in The Villages

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of DeLuna resident expresses thanks for a kind couple who did him a huge favor. He does not know them, but he is very grateful.

Thank You Marsha Shearer

A Village of Piedmont resident expresses his thanks to Marsha Shearer for information in her recent Opinion piece. But we sense a little sarcasm.