{"id":32998,"date":"2014-10-02T23:27:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T03:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=32998"},"modified":"2014-10-02T23:27:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T03:27:22","slug":"lehigh-acres-sub-division-will-ban-outsiders-from-trick-or-treating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/10\/lehigh-acres-sub-division-will-ban-outsiders-from-trick-or-treating\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Acres Sub Division Will Ban Outsiders from Trick-Or-Treating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32999\" title=\"Lehigh_acres_046\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Lehigh_acres_046-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Lehigh_acres_046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Lehigh_acres_046.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Big changes are on the way for a popular trick-or-treating neighborhood in Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Varsity Lakes Community was considering a ban for outsiders from getting into the community on Halloween night. \u00a0We found out the homeowners association did approve the decision in a meeting last week.<\/p>\n<p>The community welcomed visitors into the neighborhood for years.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say the crowds were not safe for children. \u00a0Last year, homeowners reported damage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Residents say visitors were bypassing the security gate and entering the community through a sidewalk. \u00a0This year, the homeowners association ruled only residents and their guests are allowed in on Halloween night.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowners association president tells us they will need more than the two off-duty sheriff&#8217;s deputies they hired last year. \u00a0They have hired six guards from Statewide Security to help control traffic and outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>According to the homeowners association president, residents will get a letter next week explaining the new rule. \u00a0An employee at Statewide Security tells us they will have guards at five to six communities in Lee County this Halloween.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes are on the way for a popular trick-or-treating neighborhood in Lehigh Acres. In June, the Varsity Lakes Community was considering a ban for outsiders from getting into the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}