Leah Schwarting
Specialty Editor at The Villages Daily Sun
Associate Managing Editor at The Villages Daily Sun
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1 week ago |
thevillagesdailysun.com | Leah Schwarting
The State Senate’s rural focus is moving to the dinner table. Senators are trying to carve out $50 million to expand food banks and pantries, and to get fresh produce to the people they serve, as budget negotiations begin. The effort is centered on Florida’s rural counties, which have the state’s highest rates of poverty and food insecurity.
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4 weeks ago |
thevillagesdailysun.com | Leah Schwarting
Florida’s alligators are not to be trifled with on a normal day, but people should brace for the cold-blooded reptiles to become more irritable as they give in to spring fever.
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1 month ago |
thevillagesdailysun.com | Leah Schwarting
Florida’s rural counties could only be months from an economic springboard. With the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 110 — the “rural renaissance” bill — on Wednesday in the state senate, the bill now only needs House and the governor’s signature to go into effect in July.
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1 month ago |
thevillagesdailysun.com | Leah Schwarting
The first time citrus grower Bill Baker heard about citrus greening, he didn’t think much of it. Growers were always facing doomsayers over one thing or another. In the case of greening, however, it was true.
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1 month ago |
thevillagesdailysun.com | Leah Schwarting
Invasive species cause billions of dollars of damage every year, and one of the biggest battlefronts is Florida.
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So, between everything happening this week, I think we have all the local state and federal races personally represented in #TheVillages area. #FloridaPrimary #voting
Today’s visits to The Villages and surrounding areas underline the political importance of the I-4 corridor in Central Florida. https://t.co/D0hrgbtfA8
The Soft Surroundings store is in the same square where I work. The line was so big that the only metaphor I can think of is the early days of Frozen Ever After at Disney World. #TheVillages
Soft Surroundings opened with fanfare Friday, with more than 200 people on hand to peruse its wares. https://t.co/Quzjf2nDoh
