More than 100 young live oak trees received some “TLC” (tender loving care) during the city’s first ever “Tree L. C.” event on Feb. 19. Volunteers from local high schools, the Mayors Youth Advisory Council and Serve Sugar Land spent the day at Lost Creek Park clearing vegetation, pruning and mulching around the young trees. [...]
Come celebrate Earth Day during several City of Sugar Land events on Saturday, April 16: • from 2-6 p.m. in the Mercer Stadium parking lot (free household electronics recycling, paper shredding and collection of clothing and household goods for reuse will take place); and • from 5-8 p.m. in Town Square Plaza (events include an [...]
Eighth-graders at Sartartia Middle School recently took part in a virtual lesson developed by Vanderbuilt University Virtual School, titled Beyond Anne Frank: Why Study the Holocaust? Presented by Danielle Kahane Kaminski, director of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, the lesson supported the students’ study of the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel. The lesson’s objectives were to [...]
The Daisy Scouts of San Jacinto Troop 28240 from New Territory toured the City of Richmond Fire Station on Saturday, March 5. These scouts took the opportunity to explore the fire trucks and equipment used by the Richmond Fire Department and found out what it takes to be a fire fighter. Some even dressed in [...]
Unintentional accidents are the leading causes of injuries for children 9-11 years old according to the Centers for Disease Control. The most common types are the result of automobile accidents, poisonings and falls. We all know that our kids can find numerous other ways to hurt themselves, so the Sugar Land Fire Department devotes time [...]
Con Singleton, III, age 64, died on March 19, 2011, at his brother’s home in Meadows Place, TX, after a 22 month struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was born on July 2, 1946 to Con Singleton Jr. and Flossie Odessa Lakey Singleton. Con served four years active duty in the US Navy, most of which [...]
Funeral services for Donna D. Lieske, 70, of Missouri City, Texas will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2011 in the Chapel of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg. Dr. Barry Foster will officiate the services. Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. until service [...]
Haley Elizabeth Palfreyman and Daniel Todd Jankowski were married for time and all eternity on January 15, 2011 in the Houston, Texas LDS Temple with a reception that followed at Sugar Creek Country Club. Haley is the daughter of Susan and Joel Palfreyman of Missouri City, TX. She is a 2008 graduate of Dulles High [...]
A blind pig finds an acorn….Every once in a while, the Fort Bend County sheriff’s department gets an asset forfeiture whereby someone breaking the law has their property confiscated by law enforcement. It’s usually drug money, or cars or homes owned by some drug dealer. The money is split up among various agencies and can [...]
Residents at odds over three times more residential units By Elsa Maxey Some Sugar Land residents are saying that Johnson Development came into this deal knowing a general plan was already in existence for the Imperial redevelopment project. “I say, keep the original plan with no changes,” states Diana Miller on a website she owns [...]
