LLANO — Aging utility meters have prompted city of Llano officials to propose replacing the devices across the city with high-tech “smart meters,” but some residents have expressed concerns about the potential for higher bills and suspected privacy and health risks.
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LLANO — When Fuel Coffee House board member Mark Martin was asked how to describe the eclectic Llano coffee shop, he responded by simply saying, “A community, the coffee is incidental.”
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MARBLE FALLS — When David Rathkamp first began making beer several years ago from a kit a relative passed on to him, he probably never thought it would eventually blossom into a 10,000-square-foot brewery, but it did.
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LLANO — Country legend Doug Stone will headline the Llano Country Opry on Jan. 11.
Performances are 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Lantex Theater, 113 Main St. Admission is $15, and tickets may be purchased at the Llano Chamber of Commerce, 100 Train Station Drive; Llano National Bank, 1001 Ford St.; Lively Computers, 2112 RR 1431 in Kingsland; or by calling (325) 247-5354. Continue reading “Doug Stone to headline Llano Country Opry at Lantex Jan. 11”
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MARBLE FALLS — After a 30-minute discussion Jan. 6, Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commissioners approved 5-0 to allow Parks and Recreation Director Robert Moss to take $72,000 out of the Capital Improvements Projects money to pay for upgrades at the city pool.
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MARBLE FALLS — Supporters of putting a local liquor option on the ballot face an uphill battle as a Jan. 10 deadline looms to gather more than 400 signatures, officials say.
“A number of people in our area (live) outside the city limits,” said Marble Falls Economic Development Corp. board member Jane Marie Hurst. “What we need to do is adequately seek out (Marble Falls residents) walking the streets, door to door, which is my intention.” Continue reading “Microbrewery, Marble Falls EDC circulate petition for alcohol option”
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MARBLE FALLS — When Sylvia Weed retired in December after 28 years as the assistant to the superintendent at Marble Falls Independent School District, she probably held the record for the person who attended the most board meetings in the district.
After all, she worked for 10 different superintendents and served countless board members during her tenure. Though Weed wasn’t required to attend those meetings when she first started with the district almost three decades ago, it didn’t take long for her to find her spot in the board room (at the time it was a school cafeteria). Continue reading “Marble Falls ISD applauds retiring assistant to superintendent after 28 years”
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BURNET — Firefighters evacuated four families at an apartment complex where one of the units was destroyed and three others sustained smoke damage Dec. 30, investigators said.
The fire occurred about 4:30 p.m. that day in the single-story, four-plex unit in the 100 block of Oakland Street.
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BURNET — This year’s flu season is poised to top the previous two years with the number of cases physicians are treating, but doctors said there are ways people can protect themselves.
Get the flu shot, said Dr. Charles Michael Franz, the medical director at Seton Highland Lakes and a family practitioner.
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