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🌱 Villages home near Sunset Pointe entrance faces costly compliance deadline

The Villages, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Villages home near Sunset Pointe entrance faces costly compliance deadline
  • The Villages community notes the passing of Jane Elizabeth Orwick
  • New joint fire training tower will sharpen Villages emergency response

Also on today's calendar: CODY'S - LAKE SUMTER LANDING and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Cloudy, humid; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 94, low: 74.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 93 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Son apparently having trouble keeping up dead parents' home in The Villages (villages-news.com) — A home on Andrews Ave. in the Village of Sunset Pointe has fallen into deed compliance trouble after neighbors reported overgrown grass and other maintenance issues following the deaths of longtime Villagers Anthony and Annette Caruso. Their son, now living in the house, has seven days to fix remaining violations or face ongoing maintenance charges from the District.
   

2. Jane Orwick (theprogressortimes.com) — A longtime Villages resident, Jane Elizabeth Orwick, 74, passed away May 28 at Cornerstone Hospice in The Villages. Born in Ohio and later settling here with her late husband Robert, she leaves behind siblings in Ohio and Georgia. Per her wishes, there will be no local services; her ashes will be interred later in Findlay, Ohio, and memorial gifts are suggested to Cancer Patient Services there.
   

3. $1.4M fire training facility and special needs shelter opens near Sumterville (wesh.com) — A new $1.4 million fire training facility and large-capacity emergency shelter has opened just north of Sumterville, where Sumter County Fire and The Villages Public Safety crews will now train together. The 25,500-square-foot complex can house about 900 people during emergencies and will showcase its capabilities during a public “America 250” event on June 26.
   

4. 82-year-old man arrested in theft of woman's purse at Publix in The Villages (villages-news.com) — An 82-year-old man was arrested after deputies say a purse left on a bench outside the Publix in The Villages’ Spanish Plaines shopping center was taken and later traced through surveillance video. Investigators recovered enough evidence to charge him with felony theft from an elderly victim, and he is being held at the Sumter County Detention Center on bond.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday June 12
  • AFTERNOON IN PARIS - The Mount Dora Bistro
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce 341 Alexander St, Mt Dora, FL 32757
    11:00 am
  • Which Digital Marketing Platforms & Strategies Work in 2026
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Online Event
    12:00 pm
  • Artisans June Featured Artists Reception
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Artisans of Mount Dora 139 E. 4th Ave. Mount Dora FL
    5:00 pm
  • EVENING IN PARIS - The Mount Dora Bistro
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce 341 Alexander St, Mt Dora, FL 32757
    5:00 pm
  • Art In The Alley
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Downtown Mount Dora N. Royellou Lane (The Alley Betweent 5th & 3rd Ave, use 125 E. 4th Ave to locate alley)
    6:00 pm
  • Live Music at Eden Abbey
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Eden Abbey Brewing Community 405 S. Highland St. Mount Dora, FL 32757
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday June 13
  • Free In-person Robotics Class in Lady Lake, FL for Kids Ages (7-14 ) →
    Comfort Suites Lady Lake - The Villages, 1202 Avenida Central, Lady Lake
    11:00 am
  • Saturday Brunch at Eden Abbey
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Eden Abbey Brewing Community 405 S. Highland St. Mount Dora, FL 32757
    12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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    I want to tell you about a fifteen minute conversation I had this morning that I have not been able to shake. I was finishing up a job two streets… (Nextdoor Virginia Trace)
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    A very nice couple stopped to assist my husband in helping me up. I didn’t get their names, but if they read this I want to thank them for their… (Nextdoor The Villages)
  • Jacobs posted a job opening for Sanitation Worker II in The Villages. Apply here.
  • Sam's Club posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Lady Lake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near The Villages here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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