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Friday, May 3, 2024

Several gatehouses in The Villages will be temporarily closed

Several gatehouses in The Villages will be temporarily closed over the next two weeks for replacement of heating and air conditioning systems.

The gates will be unstaffed and a stop barricade and safety cones will be placed in the visitor lane.

The schedule is as follows:

•Bonnybrook – Close at 6 a.m. April 23 and reopen at 6 p.m. April 25.  

•Boone – Close at 7 a.m. April 26 and reopen at 6 p.m. April 26

•Del Mar -Close at 8 a.m. April 30 and reopen at 5 p.m. April 30

•El Cortez – Close at 6 a.m. May 1 and reopen at 6 p.m. May 1

•Morse South Close at 6 a.m. May 2 and reopen at 6 p.m. May 2

Villagers don’t have gates but the Morse family does

A Village of Country Club Hills resident, in a Letter to the Editor, points out The Villages is not a true gated community, but the Morse family is living behind gates at their compound.

Villager says his Black Lab has been attacked by unleashed dogs

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Dabney resident reports that his Black Lab has been attacked by small unleashed dogs.

The gates are more beneficial than you might think

A Village of Palo Alto resident suggests the gates are of more value than just slowing down traffic. He explains in a Letter to the Editor.

Shockingly light sentence in hit-and-run death

A Village of Antrim Dells resident was shocked to read about the sentence a woman received after a hit-and-run crash on Rolling Acres Road claimed the life of a pedestrian and seriously injured a second man.

They are ruining the reasons people have chosen The Villages

A Village of St. James resident who moved to Florida’s Friendliest Hometown a decade ago, fears The Villages is ruining the reason people chose to buy homes here.