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Actor Gary Sinise, known by many for his role as Lieutenant Dan in the movie Forrest Gump is coming to Savannah Center on February 21. At the time of this writing a very limited number of tickets are still available. For years Gary has been an advocate for military veterans, first responders, ... Continue Reading » about Lieutenant Dan is Coming to The Villages

They won't open until 2020, but a "topping off" ceremony was recently held for the Center for Advanced Healthcare at Brownwood and the Brownwood Hotel & Spa. The topping off ceremony marks the end of the structural framework for the two facilities and we should see quick progress throughout ... Continue Reading » about Brownwood Hotel, Spa, and Healthcare Center Progress

We've always known that The Villages was home to a lot of veterans, but now we have some actual data to back it up. According to a recent American Community Survey, an estimated 19,370 veterans live in The Villages metropolitan statistical area, which is more than any other area in the country that ... Continue Reading » about Census Bureau: The Villages Home to Record Number of Veterans

University of Chicago Law Professor Saul Levmore recently published an article titled "The Case For Moving to a Retirement Community" on Marketwatch. Of course he uses The Villages as a strong model for making his case, so I consider it a must-read for you this week if you haven't checked it out ... Continue Reading » about Why You Should Move to a Community Like The Villages

One of the best holiday light displays in The Villages can be seen each year on Dunkirk Trail in the Village of Hadley. This is the 10th year that neighbors here have been putting on the display. You can check it out now through December 31st, from 6 to 9 p.m. (9:30 p.m. on Fridays and ... Continue Reading » about Christmas at Dunkirk Trail

You might have seen on the news this week that notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was killed in a West Virginia prison shortly after being transferred there. What you may not know is that his previous place of residence before being transferred there was Federal Correction Complex ... Continue Reading » about James “Whitey” Bulger’s Connection to The Villages