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The Villages
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

More than 2,000 SECO customers lose power in swath along U.S. Hwy. 27/441

More than 2,000 SECO Energy customers lost power Thursday afternoon in a swath along U.S. Hwy. 27/441, including The Villages.

SECO said that 2,467 accounts served by Lady Lake substation feeder 3 experienced a service interruption. The outage extended from Lady Lake to north of Summerfield.

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This map from SECO Energy showed the extent of the outage.

The outage followed an the loss of power to thousands of customers in The Villages after service interruptions at feeders 6 and 7.

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.