FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — City of Burnet residents gave their support to three council candidates, Herve Derek Fortin, Mitlon Phair and Mary Jane Shanes.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — When voters head to the polls for the Highland Lakes elections May 11, they’ll find they have a lot of selections on the ballot, with a few exceptions. The filing date for the May elections closed March 1. Residents have until April 11 to register to vote if they [...]

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — The Texas Attorney General’s Office has closed a 10-month investigation into the City of Bertram and former Mayor Winnette Morris, according to officials. The Attorney General began investigating Morris and the city in May 2012 after a whistle-blower lawsuit against Bertram was made that alleged fiscal impropriety.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — A 24-year-old Bertram man faces felony forgery charges for allegedly changing $5 bills and $10 bills into $50 and $100 denominations and then passing them off in Marble Falls and possibly in Burnet.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — Municipal court payments in Bertram have a new way to be submitted. The city now takes online payments at www.bertramcourtpmts.com.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — Drama rose like the needle on the thermostat as sirens blared at high noon, signaling the best prognosticator this side of the Pedernales.

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BERTRAM — The Bertram City Council reassigned duties for two city employees and set new police chief Tracy Weems’ salary during a special meeting Feb. 5.

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BERTRAM — Miniature donkey Pawnee ate oatmeal instead of sweet feed, signaling the coming of an early spring during Donkey Day on Feb. 2 in Bertram. Pawnee predicts the weather based on what he eats. Laid out before him were three buckets: one of oats for an early spring, one of sweet feed for an [...]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Some of the most important elected positions in the lives of people isn’t in Washington, D.C. or even Austin, but much closer to home. Local municipal elections scheduled for May 11 give people a chance to play a role in how their communities face the future. City councils effect [...]

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — The Bertram Police Department is on track to restaffing two positions after selecting a new chief Jan. 22 during a regular council meeting. The city council selected former Abilene Lt. Tracy Weems from 34 applicants after former Chief Ron Hall resigned in December to be a Hays County [...]

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BERTRAM — A 54-year-old Georgetown High School teacher died Jan. 16 in a two-car collision about 7 a.m., officials said.

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BERTRAM — After two-and-a-half years of service as the city’s police chief, Ron Hall offered his resignation Dec. 14. The city accepted it during a special meeting Dec. 18 and appointed Bertram Police Lt. Dean Stringer as interim chief.

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