JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Residents living near the proposed park at Park Ridge/Park View in the Mormon Mill area stood before the Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commission during its monthly meeting April 7 to talk about their vision of what they would like it to be.
In essence, they want it to remain the same. Continue reading “Mormon Mill community discusses future of neighborhood park”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — A bare patch of land at one of the busiest corners in Marble Falls, a hungry electrician wrapping up his work and a question all came together in such a way that Lee’s Diner became the town’s first food-trailer restaurant. Continue reading “Lee’s Diner in Marble Falls serves up food off silver trailer”
BURNET — Are you trying to figure out what to do or if there’s something for you at this year’s Bluebonnet Festival? Well, we’ve listed a few of the things we enjoy below. Go to www.bluebonnetfestival.org for a complete list of activities and times. Continue reading “Bluebonnet Festival in full bloom this weekend”
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF
MEADOWLAKES — While area communities launch into once-a-week mandatory watering restrictions, one lakeside community utilizes more than 200-year-old water rights to set its own water-management plan and avoid restriction edicts from the Lower Colorado River Authority.
“We’re kind of unusual to some extent here,” Meadowlakes City Manager Johnnie Thompson said. “We actually own a lot of our water rights, where Marble Falls and some of those other folks have to contract with LCRA. We don’t contract with LCRA for our potable water or raw water use.” Continue reading “Water conservation steps vary among Highland Lakes cities”
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Economic Development Corp. officials are eyeing a tract of land between historic downtown Main Street and Lakeside Park for potential development such as a performing arts center, a hotel and conference center or a retail, eatery and lodging complex. Continue reading “Marble Falls EDC looks to buy land, spur growth downtown”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
LLANO — If the Devil really wanted to find somebody playing a fiddle hot, then he should have skipped that trip to Georgia and stopped by Llano during the annual Llano Fiddle Fest weekend.
“We’re going to see some of the best fiddle players in Texas and even from outside the state,” festival organizer John Cab said. “It’s really hard to explain how good some of these fiddle players are or what Texas fiddle playing style really is. It’s just best to come and experience it.” Continue reading “Rosin up your bows for Llano Fiddle Fest”
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — A renovated theater in the heart of a city conjures the history of a time when Hollywood giants graced the silver screen, and new owners want to recapture that magical time and more by re-opening The Uptown Theatre on Main Street. Continue reading “Uptown Theatre reopening with music, movies and more”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
LLANO — Attorneys for an ex-jailer who pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges in connection with an in-custody death at the Llano County Jail have filed a lawsuit to recover legal fees in resolved criminal and civil cases against their client.
Private defense attorney Nina Willis represented ex-Llano County jailer Scottie Bryan Scoggins in civil and criminal proceedings in the death of Shawn Appell at the Llano County Jail in 2011. Continue reading “Ex-Llano County jailer tied to inmate death sues county for attorney’s fees”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
MARBLE FALLS — The Uptown Theatre will donate 10 percent of proceeds from a grand opening and a concert to the Marble Falls High School 2014 Project Graduation, organizers say.
Project Graduation raises money through parents and the community to host an overnight stay at an entertainment venue to keep youth safe on graduation night. Continue reading “Uptown Theatre re-opening, assisting Marble Falls 2014 Project Graduation”
