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Friday, April 19, 2024

Villages Professional Firefighters to begin contract talks with District

A bargaining session between The Villages Professional Firefighters IAFF 4770 and the District will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Rohan Recreation Center.

This type of bargaining in Florida is somewhat unusual in that negotiations are completely open to the public.

Firefighters in The Villages in 2017 successfully bargained for a contract including pay hikes even though negotiations between the two parties at times had grown contentious, with the District at one point declaring an impasse.

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.