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The Villages
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Villager pinned under golf cart after collision with large truck

A Villager was pinned under a golf cart after a collision Friday morning with a large truck in the Village of Buttonwood.

A 74-year-old Village of Santo Domingo man was driving a black 2018 Yamaha golf cart at 10:45 a.m. Friday on St. Charles Place at Arrobes Place when he began to merge onto St. Charles Place and drove into the path of a 2022 Mack truck driven by a 20-year-old Winter Haven man, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 76-year-old woman from the Village of St. James, who was riding in the golf cart as a passenger, was pinned underneath it after the collision. She was airlifted to Ocala Regional Medical Center.

Must elderly return to work to afford to stay in The Villages?

A Village of Rio Grande resident asks if residents are supposed to go back to work at age 80 to afford to live in The Villages.

Cap the amenity rate and make the golfers pay more

A Village of DeSoto resident, in a Letter to the Editor, says it’s time to cap the amenity rate and make the golfers pay more for upkeep of the courses.

Delivery of The Villages Daily Sun newspaper

A Village of Summerhill resident went out on a rainy morning to get his copy of The Villages Daily Sun and found a “single-bagged sponge.”

Growth is out of control thanks to The Villages

A woman who bought property in Oxford in 1997 believes growth is out of control thanks to the The Villages. Read her Letter to the Editor.

VIP club in The Villages provides link for audio books

A leader in the Visually Impaired Persons Club of The Villages responds to a previous Letter to the Editor from a Middleton reader concerned about a perceived lack of E-Books.