For over three hours, officers shut down Highway 36 while the West Columbia Fire Department and the Brazoria County Fire Marshal’s Department extinguished a house in flames.
This month, the Sweeny ISD Board of Trustees appointed Trina Smith to fill Position Five, which had been vacant since the passing of 20-year member Jan Reddoch.Â
The aldermen of the village passed a property tax rate for their constituents at a special meeting with only a few days to go before the turnover of the fiscal year on October 1. They passed their budget about a week and a half prior.Â
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Freeport Councilman Troy Brimage is on the agenda of their City Council while Lake Jackson will be talking grants.Â
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This year, departments of all sizes are participating, from the Village of Jones Creek to Lake Jackson. Even Brazosport College is getting in on the act with their inaugural event that puts the spotlight on their campus police force.
For over three hours, officers shut down Highway 36 while the West Columbia Fire Department and the Brazoria County Fire Marshal’s Department extinguished a house in flames.
The Sweeny City Council made tentative steps towards extending a road for the industrial park on FM 524 at the urging of the EDC.
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FREEPORT — The latest in a series of grassfires struck Tuesday off Highway 36 and CR 217 between Freeport and Jones Creek.
This month, the Sweeny ISD Board of Trustees appointed Trina Smith to fill Position Five, which had been vacant since the passing of 20-year member Jan Reddoch.Â
The Sweeny City Council made tentative steps towards extending a road for the industrial park on FM 524 at the urging of the EDC.
A grassfire broke out Sunday evening, leading to multiple fire departments, led by the River's End Volunteer Fire Department, helping contain the blaze off CR 2918, south of where it intersects with CR 631.Â
SWEENY — Residents are breathing a sigh of relief as a bridge on FM 522 has reopened, at least partially, saving them from a long detour.
 In an effort for the city staff to balance the fiscal year '23 budget, the council has postponed the utility cost increase as residents see a higher tax rate because of inflation.
Budget hearings still dominate the local landscape as the fiscal year winds down for Freeport, Angleton, Richwood and other municipalities. Sweeny ISD will be considering an appointment to their vacant seat and Brazoria will look to update their Covid policies.Â
SWEENY — New City Manager Lindsay Koskiniemi and the town’s department leaders set out to clean up the budget and figure out what was needed and what could be cut.
SWEENY — Residents are breathing a sigh of relief as a bridge on FM 522 has reopened, at least partially, saving them from a long detour.
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Fifteen businesses and only one winner can emerge from the ashes as businesses fight for the first place trophy in the first Paint the Town Maroon battle.
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Public hearings for tax and budget discussion is set for special meetings in Quintana, Brazoria and Surfside. Lake Jackson and Freeport will also hold postponed regular meetings due to Labor Day.Â
With their contract running out, the city council has asked for a number of different quotes depending on what services are provided, including what the cost would be without recycling.Â
After years of planning, an important symbolic step took place for the new Sweeny hospital building as members of the board, staff and local officials came out to break ground.
Another week of special meetings for budgets continues with Jones Creek and Clute, as well as Oyster Creek's first meeting of September and meetings for the Freeport Historical Commission and Sweeny ISD Safety and Security Committee.Â
The Sweeny ISD Board of Trustees voted on their proposed budget and tax rate Tuesday, and they say that it is overall a slight decrease from last year at $1.02.Â
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Fifteen businesses and only one winner can emerge from the ashes as businesses fight for the first place trophy in the first Paint the Town Maroon battle.
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A celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday featured community, food and some rain.Â
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Special meetings will take place for Angleton, Brazoria and Danbury mostly revolving around their budgets while Freeport will once again tackle a controversial ordinance regarding the Kisuma zoning ordinance.Â
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As the rain poured in the background, the second Day of Remembrance at the Varner- Hogg Plantation continued as over 200 enslaved people's names were read aloud.
Columbia-Brazoria ISD has proposed a balanced budget of over $30 million while reducing the tax rate and calling a bond election for high school improvements.
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