Growing Pains

Written by Patrick Brendel Friday, 12 September 2008 14:59

Local farmers adapt to unstable prices, unfavorable weather and urban development

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Police departments out of space

Written by Beth Wade Friday, 12 September 2008 14:58

The evidence room at the Hutto Police Department is cramped, four patrol sergeants have to share two desks and the department’s criminal investigation division is working out of cubicles when they should have private offices, Police Chief Harold Thomas said.

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Trash Talks - Landfill contract to be renegotiated

Written by Beth Wade Friday, 12 September 2008 14:57

The Williamson County Commissioners Court is ready to sit back down at the negotiating table with Waste Management of Texas after District Judge Burt Carnes ruled, in June, the contract between the county and the landfill operator did not have to be bid out.

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The future of Hwy. 29

Written by Beth Wade Friday, 08 August 2008 11:48

County commissioners study corridor expansion options from Georgetown to Burnet county line

Williamson County commissioners Valerie Covey, precinct three, and Cynthia Long, precinct two, are studying ways to expand Hwy. 29 from D.B. Wood Drive to the Burnet/Williamson county line.

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Taylor Water - Treatment plant offers residents superior water

Written by Beth Wade Friday, 08 August 2008 11:47

Treatment plant offers residents superior water

After a recent $17.3 million expansion of the Brazos River Authority Regional Water Treatment Facility, Taylor water quality is superior, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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