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A.C.E. awards SISD teachers
Saturday, February 4, 2012 |
The Association of Citizens for Education was formed by local citizens in March 2011 to provide S ISD with needed financial assistance as state budget shortfalls threatened teachers and programs in the district.
From logs to lumber
Saturday, February 4, 2012 |
The trio of Logs to Lumber volunteers have their craft down to a science.
Area newspaper icon passes away
Saturday, February 4, 2012 |
Bastrop County will say an emotional goodbye to longtime journalist, artist and community activist Davis McAuley, after he died Tuesday morning.
Housing boom a boon for city
Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
Smithville is experiencing a boom in housebuilding that’s filling in vacant lots and modernizing historic structures across town.
Music video looking for star on Friday, Feb. 3
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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A music video that’s scheduled to film in Smithville is looking for a young star, according to Austin producer Jordan Harrison, who worked with the Smithville Film Commission on scheduling a casting call for Friday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. at city hall.
Award-winning Smithville designer flourishes from Main Street shop
Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
Local Smithville artist and designer Patricia Wolf has seen her collections for sale in many stores all over the country and in magazines such as “Cowboys and Indians,” “Cowgirl,” “Elle,” “Western Lifestyle” and catalogs like Pendleton Home and Crows Nest.
Arts Cottage extends hand to firefighters
Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
The Arts Cottage at Rock-C Ranch in Smithville has been an intimate gathering place for many to enjoy the arts for three seasons now.
Devonshire makes heavenly aromas and more
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Smithville has attracted international attention because of a unique shop with ties to the Vatican.
Bastrop can pursue permits for park well
Monday, January 30, 2012 |
The Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District voted to keep the moratorium on new well permits in place, but that doesn’t mean the City of Bastrop won’t be able to pump from their wells in the Alluvium aquifer at Bob Bryant Park.
Commissioners support Aqua, Elgin resolution
Monday, January 30, 2012 |
Bastrop County commissioners approved a resolution to support an agreement between Aqua Water Supply Corp. and the City of Elgin at the commissioners court regular meeting Monday, Jan. 23.