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The countywide transportation committee charged with making policy and project recommendations to all local municipalities came to a consensus on its draft policy recommendations, including the hot-button issue of eminent domain.
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Cibolo Summer Camp started this week as youngsters participated in a variety of games and activities at the nature center to learn more about nature and its surroundings. First photo: Hudson Ratliff takes aim as he pulls back his bow and gets ready to fire an arrow at the target while under the guidance of camp director Noah Lawrence. Second photo: Laszlo Uphoff and Daniel Alonso build a miniature fort out of sticks and rocks. Third photo: Ella Zymboly adds some yellow to her tie-dye shirt. Weekly camps will take place for eight weeks. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
Read moreGov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Education Agency to ensure school facilities are made safer in the wake of the killing of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
Read moreFinally, Boerne received more than an inch of rain in a month’s time. However, May’s moisture amount remained well below average and put the area even further behind the norm as far as precipitation.
Read moreFair Oaks Ranch officials are continuing the process to implement a new tax exemption for disabled and senior residents in the city – an ordinance that hasn’t been addressed since the 1980s – and opinions among council and resident remain split.
Read moreAn accident Thursday evening left 49-year-old Boerne resident David John Belter dead after reports stated a woman drove into oncoming traffic on Highway 46 and struck Belter’s vehicle head-on.
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Aid the Silent played host to its annual 5-kilometer walk and run Saturday that led participants in and around Boerne. A record number of people – more than 900 – participated in the event that raises funds to help deaf and hard-of-hearing children and teens receive equal access to opportunity. The nonprofit does so by providing financial assistance to enhance communication methods, gain access to opportunities and educational resources and improve overall health, both mental and physical to those in need, that leads to individual growth socially, educationally and spiritually. Founder, CEO and Boerne native Emma Faye Rudkin, above, who is deaf herself, welcomed participants and guests on Saturday morning at Main Plaza and used sign language to do so. At left, runners take off from the starting line as they begin their journey. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
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The Boerne Concert Band gave a holiday performance in honor of Memorial Day on Sunday evening, May 29, at Main Plaza. There, the band, under the direction of Larry Schmidt, played several appropriate selections.
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