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No Pulse letters for the week of March 6

There were no Pulse letters approved for the week of March 6, 2025. If you would like to submit a Pulse letter, click here.

No Pulse letters for the week of February 27

There were no Pulse letters submitted for the week of February 27, 2025. If you would like to submit a Pulse letter, click here.

Pulse letter for February 20

I have been trying to use the “Events Calendar” on the portal, to help plan out my next few months for events that I...

In Memoriam

Patti Lee Hayes

Donald DeVincenzi

Geraldine “Gerry” Eberhart

Betty W. Roark

Tech Corner

Scam alert: Beware of phishing emails mentioning names of your club members

Beware! Phishers (people who are “phishing” for information from you (aka scammers), are getting smarter! They are now visiting websites such as our Villages Clubs,...

The Member Portal Walkthrough

Explore the features of the Member Portal. Bring your questions about using the Member Portal and receive personal coaching with the Villages Communication Team...

Personalize your FastNews delivery

Since moving to The Villages' new business operations system in July, behind the scenes staff had maintained old databases and systems aimed to keep...

Quick Tech Tips – Navigate Like a Pro

Quick Tech Tip 8 There's no page like home The Villager Online home page has come a long way since its inception in 2024. Article sections...

Our History

The Roots of Evergreen series

The San Francisco Bay region has been a hot spot of human activity long before events were recorded. Our beautiful Evergreen area was part...

‘The House of Cribari’—the Cribari family (part 2)

In 1933, Italian born, Benjamino Cribari (1859-1942) would purchase the first portion of the Villa Lomas Azules. The family having dealt with the setback...

The early years of the Cribari family (part 1)

The Cribari family patriarch, Benjamin Cribari, was born in Cosenza, Italy. He married Josephine Abruzzini and had four sons before he immigrated to the...

History of the Evergreen area—Pioneer vintner Albert Haentze

In 1915, William Wehner sold his winery and vineyards to Albert Haentze. The two men had a lot in common. Haentze (1896-1947) was also...