Most propositions win By Elsa Maxey In spite of the light voter turnout, “dismally low,” said one resident, the outcome of Saturday’s General and Special Election of May 11th has a host of winners, a runoff in Missouri City, and just about all the propositions on the ballots passed. Fort Bend ISD Trustee Position 3 [...]
By Betsy Dolan Just in time for Friday’s opening of Star Trek Into Darkness, the future of movie theaters opens in Fort Bend County with Santikos Theaters’ Palladium AVX. “I hope people show up in costumes,” said Chris Prichard, Director of Marketing for Santikos Theaters. “This much anticipated film will generate a lot of excitement [...]
By Betsy Dolan The city of Missouri City will hire a company to study how to revamp the Texas Parkway corridor and turn it into a retail hub. On May 6, the City Council voted to spend $17,500 with The Retail Coach, a Tupelo, Mississippi-based retail recruiter with offices in Austin. The money covers the [...]
Lux entertainment is what the Palladium AVX Greek themed multiplex on the Grand Parkway in Richmond is all about. Screens, yes it has them with the latest technology and most advanced Dolby sound to be enjoyed on palatial sized screens. But the treat of treats…it’s the D-Box motion seats! Available at twice the cost of [...]
By Karen Daniels After the voting polls were closed and the ballots were counted, the three winners for Stafford MSD Board of Trustees’ election were the two incumbents running for re-election, Greg Holsapple and Ed Castillo, as well as newcomer Aurturo Jackson – though he’s not really a newcomer, but a dedicated, long time resident [...]
By Elsa Maxey A $311,000 community development block grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be helping the City of Arcola with city-wide water system improvements. The grant has been awarded for upgrades that include constructing and installing a water distribution and supply system in the southern part of the city. [...]
By Elsa Maxey There’s a new coalition in town. It’s called the State Highway 36-A coalition and at this point it has a board, in part founded by Fort Bend County along with Waller and Brazoria counties. Fort Bend County Commissioners recently voted to appoint Commissioners Richard Morrison and Andy Meyers as directors to represent [...]
COSTCO’s construction clearly underway At the start of the year there was no real visible sign of major activity at the intersection of U.S. 59 and University Boulevard, but today…voila…the COSTCO in Sugar Land looks like it may be gearing up for an opening sooner than we think. This specific site with the “Coming Soon” [...]
By LeaAnne Klentzman This is a all call for former Alief residents. The long running Alief Homecoming is struggling to find and invite all former Alief residents to a community homecoming on Sunday May 19, 2013. Betty Youngblood Stelzer has been heading up the Alief Homecoming celebrated at Youens Elementary for the last 20 years. [...]
Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas (MOST) and Methodist Sugar Land Hospital are now offering an accredited primary care sports medicine fellowship program, designed to provide new physicians with the in-depth training needed to care for today’s athlete. The program will begin this year with one fellow and is expected to grow in the future, said [...]
