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The Villages
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Lady Lake man arrested at Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge

A 29-year-old Lady Lake man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly attempted to shoplift sandals, shorts, socks, shirts and a towel from Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge shopping center.

Bryan Keith Stein is accused of entering the store Tuesday morning and removing his flip flops and putting on a new pair of sandals. He put the other items into a Wal-Mart shopping bag and left the store through the garden center.

Stein had been convicted of shoplifting in 2004 in Marion County.  He had also been convicted of felony larceny following his arrest in 2014 by Leesburg police.

Stein was booked at Sumter County Detention Center.

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.

Letter writer missed out on value of golf to The Villages

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Buttonwood resident criticizes a previous letter writer who may have missed the point about the value of golf in The Villages.