Proud of The Villages Daily Sun today
 

They reported on the three smallish sinkholes near Moyer Recreation center. It shows more confidence and authenticity by the paper than when unfavorable events but significant are totally ignored and I (for one) am reading more happily.

Second sink in that pond, last one brought down some of the wall. Golf course is closed, with no open date posted.

This is in The Villages Daily Sun with a short article and a picture with a caption on it. It is on C4 on July 13, 2021.

Source?

I think Tal supplied that...

Yep, and that picture showed 3 depressions.
Wondered where the second hole was, same site or different. Or where additional information could be found.

From Village Community Development Districts.

Escambia Executive Golf Course

As repairs are made to the water retention basin located near the Moyer Recreation Center, the Escambia Executive Golf Course will close on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 until further notice. For your safety, please refrain from entering this area. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience.

Well no good deed goes unpublished. Rumor has it they just posted a position open as reporter. Must have strings attached to reporter.

WAIT. STOP. It isn't that the Daily Sun "HIDES" any sinkholes. They report those on public property. To report sinkholes on private property might affect the value.

They have reported sinkholes. They aren't sneaky. They have certain policies that are kind of old fashioned. For instance, they do not report suicides.

I like The Daily Sun.

I like The Daily Sun too that is why I read it. I like it even better when they report as much relevant local news as possible. Suicide is personal so don’t mind not reading about it.

Lost the retaining wall, didn’t close the course, just the 9th hole. Sometime around September 18, 2017.

The source, I played the course twice a week, no water in the pond, smell of dead fish, retaining wall fell down. So unless it was in my dreams with vivid smells, I am guessing many were a eye witness that played the course. Took pics to send to other half, but don’t feel the need to look them up, I would have to get up and get my phone:faint:

Surprised you don’t remember it.

Yawn...the first sink hole that drained the pond on #9 Escambia took down the retaining wall(left side of the green) and part of the green. The second sink hole was pretty much in the pond only. The one noticed yesterday( played Okee yesterday)had 3 separate holes...one about dead center of the pond at the 9th tee end....a fairly big one going up onto the grass towards the rear of the rec center and then one more to the right of the largest one and closer to the pond edge.

Today they were playing the first 8 holes of Escambia and tomorrow through at least Friday it will be "course closed" per the starter. Today they were working to fill them with dozers and back hoes(not whores). I'm playing tomorrow at Okeechobee just like today.

Whether or not the DS reports sink holes on private property, the value of "private property" is affected. Of course, if the private property is on, or near, newly built Villages homes, you can be sure it won't be reported.

I really like it here. I think the developers do a very good job creating an absolutely wonderful place to spend these golden years. I like The Daily Sun. It is what it is. I don't think it was aiming to be The New York Times or The Washington Post. I think it represents fairly, and mirrors the majority of it's residents. It is a business and it sells stuff. To me that is not greedy or bad, but just the way the world works. They really and truly built a better mouse trap.

So GLAD I found it.

But they posted a picture that had houses overlooking the sinkholes at Moyer! There are no houses overlooking that area! Not sure why they would post that…