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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Sumter County announces buildings will remain closed until early May

In support of President Trump’s guidance to continue social distancing through April 30, and in support of the Executive Orders from Gov. Ron DeSantis, all Sumter County community buildings will remain closed through May 4.

The Veteran Service Offices will remain closed for in-person services through May 4 but is available to answer questions for veterans and their families by calling (352) 689-4400.

The libraries will remain closed for in-person services until May 4. Customers are encouraged to keep materials at home during this closure until the library reopens. All library fines will be waived for items due through May 4. The library will still be available to answer questions about services via phone at (352) 689-4567 and email at reference@sumterlibrary.org.

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.