This week a huge alligator named Larry, who is well known to residents of The Villages, had his stroll across a multi-modal path in Brownwood video taped and beamed across the universe in viral video fashion. At last check, his video has been picked up by NBC, ABC, CBS, and a number of other ... Continue Reading » about Larry the Alligator Gains Celebrity Status
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The Villages Metro Among Fastest in Crime Growth
According to a review of five-year changes in violent crime rates in 283 U.S. metro areas, The Villages metro area has the fastest growing violent crime rate in the state of Florida. Website 24/7 Wall Street looked at metros that have comparable data to identify, in every state, the area where ... Continue Reading » about The Villages Metro Among Fastest in Crime Growth
Gov. DeSantis Visits The Villages With Plan for Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Prescription drugs in Florida might be about to get a whole lot cheaper. That's if Florida's new governor Ron DeSantis gets his way. He was in The Villages this week to announce his plans to import FDA-approved drugs from Canada. - WFTV In other news... No stranger to the wrong side of the ... Continue Reading » about Gov. DeSantis Visits The Villages With Plan for Lower Prescription Drug Costs
The Villages Deemed Best Place to Have a Heart Attack
If you're going to have a heart attack, it would be to your benefit to have it in The Villages. That's according to a yearlong study done by The Villages Daily Sun, in which they found that The Villages residents are four times more likely than other Americans to survive a cardiac event. This is due ... Continue Reading » about The Villages Deemed Best Place to Have a Heart Attack
The Villages Jumps Over the Turnpike
Last weekend I drove from Orlando to Gainesville and it's amazing to see The Villages signage and housing on both the right and left sides of the Turnpike. And, according to Villages-News, the Villages of Southern Oaks could eventually DOUBLE the size of The Villages. [Villages-News] In ... Continue Reading » about The Villages Jumps Over the Turnpike
Bon Voyage
This week, Villager Sally Moss became the first resident to ride in a Voyage Auto self-driving taxi in The Villages. We first told you that self-driving taxis were coming to The Villages a little over a year ago, and after months of testing, the future...and your taxi...have finally ... Continue Reading » about Bon Voyage