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Boerne High School’s Jonathan Murphy was named this year’s Homecoming king and Rebecca Jung was named the Homecoming queen during halftime of Friday’s game at Boerne ISD Stadium. For details about the football game, see Sports, Page 5. Photo courtesy of BISD
Read moreAs city and county leaders are faced with development proposals for tightly packed subdivisions, the issue of density control continues to be a thorn in the side of local governmental powers.
Read moreIn just over a month, nearly all Boerne Independent School District teachers and staff have been “adopted.”
Read moreThe Department of State Health Services is expected to release new numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases early this week that previously had been backlogged in the system.
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Boerne’s downtown was a busy place this past weekend as a pair of events took place on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. ABOVE: On Saturday, Aid the Silent, a local nonprofit that helps deaf and hard-of-hearing children and teens enhance communication methods, played host to its sixth annual 5K event that started and finished at Main Plaza. Before the run and walk began, CEO and founder Emma Faye Rudkin, far right, leads participants in exercises to help them get loose. RIGHT: On Sunday, the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce sponsored the local leg of Lemonade Day as children set up stands throughout the city to learn how to own and operate a business. Ava Tumlinson, 8, and Ella Cardenas, 5, spent the morning painting their lemonade stand before setting up shop in front of the Corner Cartel on Boerne’s Main Street Sunday afternoon. Star photos by Keith E. Domke and Crystal Henry
Read moreLocal residents will have an opportunity to support small businesses and small business owners this weekend during the city’s sixth annual Lemonade Day. From 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, children will set up lemonade stands around Boerne as a part of a nationwide program.
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The Boerne Independent School District stated it will conduct a national search to replace Chief Financial Officer Tish Grill, who announced on Thursday she is retiring in December at the end of the fall semester. Grill has served in the education industry for 35 years, including the last six as BISD’s CFO.
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