James Dinan

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Senior Writer at The Villages Daily Sun

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Amateur radio operators hold demonstration at Brownwood

2 months ago | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

Moving to The Villages sometimes means finding a new and interesting hobby to dabble with, or re-discovering a hobby not touched in decades. The Villages Amateur Radio Club was looking for those fitting that definition Saturday at Brownwood Paddock Square for the Ham Radio Rodeo.
Tai chi instructors demonstrate martial art

2 months ago | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

The fourth Saturday in April is World Tai Chi and Qigong Day and local tai chi practitioners gathered in Lake Sumter Landing Market Square on Saturday morning for two hours of demonstrations and presentations on the martial art and exercise, turning the square into a gathering place to have fun and learn something new.
First Baptist Leesburg opens fourth campus

2 months ago | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

First Baptist Church of Leesburg is now four campuses strong after Immanuel Baptist Church in Oxford agreed to become an FBC Leesburg campus.
Florida Sets tourism record, talks future

2 months ago | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

Another day, another celebration for tourism in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Visit Florida announced this month that the Sunshine State secured a 15.5% share of the domestic tourism market in 2024, a nearly one percentage point increase from 2023.
Food pantries worry about federal cuts

2 months ago | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

Levi Sesler is a lifelong Wildwood resident who has been a client of Wildwood Soup Kitchen since 2010 and a volunteer since 2015.
Clergy seek common ground amid divide

Mar 29, 2025 | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

Houses of worship generally are places where people can come together regardless of disagreements outside the sanctuary. But given the world today and the ongoing arguments over political, social and cultural issues, how do area clergy find ways to reach common ground among their congregants amid all this strife?
5 years after COVID-19, tourism bounces back

Mar 26, 2025 | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

Florida tourism is consistently record-breaking. Nearly 142.9 million visitors came to the Sunshine State in 2024 — erasing the previous high mark a year earlier by a 1.6% jump and delivering the third straight year of record growth. The rise is impressive, and perhaps even unbelievable, given that five years earlier the COVID-19 pandemic delivered gut-wrenching impacts to the tourism industry here. Read this story and many others in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Sun. Click here to subscribe.
State embraces, expands role as a space hub

Mar 17, 2025 | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

It was a few minutes after midnight on New Year’s Eve of last year when the 93rd and final Space Coast rocket launch of 2024 took place at Kennedy Space Center, a record for the area and a 29.2% increase from 2023. And the number of launches is expected to grow even more in 2025.
In Florida, traditional county fairs endure

Mar 2, 2025 | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

The annual Sumter County Fair is under way in Bushnell and, as always, there is something for everyone to check out.
Area church marking milestone anniversary

Mar 1, 2025 | thevillagesdailysun.com | James Dinan

A celebration 150 years in the making will be taking place later this month at Lady Lake United Methodist Church.