For some in The Villages, preparing for the holidays with temperatures in the 70s is a new adventure. However, following the lead of The Villages old-timers, residents are learning to celebrate the season without snow. This week there was a menorah lighting at Spanish Springs Town Square and a Christmas parade beginning at The Villages [...]
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Sarah Palin Book Signing in The Villages
As if Thanksgiving and the full-on rush into Christmas wasn’t enough excitement this week in The Villages, Sarah Palin once again graced the community, this time as part of her book tour for Going Rogue: An American Life. The video below by Tampabay.com captures the feel of the event — the lines, the sentiment of [...]
Glenn Beck In The Villages
This week in The Villages was about waiting – waiting for Thanksgiving and waiting for Sarah Palin to show up, or more immediately, waiting in line overnight for a chance to have Glenn Beck sign a copy of his book, “Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government.” Beck, a Fox news [...]
This Week In The Villages, Nov. 9-15
There was a lot going on in The Villages this week. Veteran’s Day activities filled the town’s squares and sports fields, and typical of a Florida winter, the temperatures still allowed for plenty of outside activities. Jeff Harper, The Villages resident who won last year’s pro-am title at The Children’s Miracle Network Classic, came out [...]
This Week In The Villages Nov. 2-8
Despite the sunshine, it really is beginning to be winter in The Villages. Tell-tell signs include the appearance of holiday decorations and extra shopping opportunities, like the Fall Arts and Crafts Show this weekend at Spanish Springs Town Square. As the Florida winter closes in, Village residents are taking care of gardening chores like culling [...]
This Week In The Villages Oct. 26-Nov 1, 2009
Villagers love to party. Almost any occasion serves as reason to gather friends and bring out a cake. However, this week, the holiday pace car finally pulled off the track, and we’re officially racing through the holidays. Despite record-setting high temperatures, Villagers wasted no time and have started partying in earnest. Right now, of course, [...]
This Week in the Villages Oct. 19 – 25, 2009
While leaves are turning and folks in other part of the country are firing up their furnaces, residents of The Villages, this week, were out enjoying the Fall weather, holding the cooler, wet weather promised by forecasters at bay for a while longer. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, local softball teams battled each other, and visiting [...]
This Week in The Villages: Nov. 24-30
Hopefully you’re recovering from Thanksgiving and all that weekend football and shopping. You know lots of people think you move to The Villages and its this whole other world, and in a sense it is, but Villagers are still people just like you. Case in point, Black Friday shopping. Thousands of Villagers awoke early Friday [...]
This Week in The Villages: Oct. 27-Nov. 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about the new restaurant at the Havana Country Club being opened by George Stella from the Food Network. Turns out George is a Florida native, so his restaurant opening is more of a homecoming for him. The Villages Vmail has a video interview and peek at what the menu [...]
This Week in The Villages: Oct. 20-26
Well it doesn’t look like Barack Obama will be making it to The Villages to campaign before election day, but The Villages is getting a visit from a high powered member of the Democratic party stopping by to campaign on his behalf. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy will be at the Savannah [...]
