After a year of art walks, studio visits, and partnerships alongside fellow artists in historic downtown Johnson City, Catherine Massaro will be relocating her studio and gallery to Fredericksburg.
Previously, Massaro’s studio and gallery was located inside ECHO, across the street from where she had expanded into the white building at 106 E Main St.
Massaro shared some thoughts about the move and the time spent in Johnson City:
“It hardly seems like two years since I opened STUDIO M ...
State leadership, joined by key lawmakers, announced Thursday they had come to a deal on top priorities laid out in January: lowering property taxes and reforming public school finance. "I said 'We will do what no one thought possible. We will finally fix school finance in Texas'," said Governor Greg Abbott.
The Johnson City City Council held a Regular Meeting on May, 7, 2019.
The Johnson City Record Courier interviewed City Secretary Anthony Holland and learned that the Council unanimously passed a Resolution opposing the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline Route. The Resolution reads as follows:
“CITY OF JOHNSON CITY RESOLUTION #R19-032. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JOHNSON CITY IN OPPOSITION TO THE ROUTING OF THE PROPOSED PERMIAN HIGHWAY PIPELINE THROUGH BLANCO COUNTY RE ...
Coaches, athletes, family and friends gathered Monday evening at LBJ High School to honor the achievements of the Eagle and Lady Eagle athletic programs during the 2018-2019 school year. The annual ceremony – hosted by the Eagle Athletic Boosters – featured a hamburger dinner and a recap from coaches on each sports season.
School’s almost out — but don’t dump those leftover school supplies!
Yes, it’s a ritual of spring to trash the school supplies you have left over at the end of May. After all, mom will buy you new stuff in the fall, and that Black Panther binder is so…2018.
But every school in Johnson City will have a box to collect those remnants of notebook paper and ballpoints so they all can have a second life in the hands of someone who really needs them.
Along the border and into Mexico, ...
Burnet County Judge James Oakley has appealed the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's decision to sanction him for appearing in campaign material in support of a candidate for a directorship on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board Directors in 2018.
Oakley said Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, the basis of the Commission's April 24, 2019 admonition against him, is too vague to be enforceable and violates a person's constitutional right of free speech.
You couldn’t blame the guests at Sunday’s Bamberger Ranch Preserve Annual Family Picnic if they didn’t believe host J David Bamberger when he told them that there was no water on the 5,500-acre Selah property when he purchased it in 1969. After all, the 2.9-mile drive from the main gate to The Center where they were standing took them over or through five crystal clear streams and along the shores of Madrone Lake.
The PAWS Shelter of Central Texas has opened its second campus near the Blanco County line at 2965 FM 165.
The no-kill shelter has operated in Kyle for 33 years and its Building Committee has been raising funds for its second operation for years, according to Executive Director Melody Hilburn. PAWS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Judge Donna Klaeger, Sr. VP of Community Resources for Texas Housing Management Foundation shared a presentation with Blanco County Commissioners regarding the new Community Resource Center for Blanco County. Retired County Commissioner James Sultemeir and current board member of Capital Area Housing Finance Corporation (CAHFC) presented a $50,000 check from CAHFC on behalf of Blanco County to be used for the Community Resource Center.
For the 12th year in a row, the Johnson City FFA Wildlife team placed in the top ten at the State Wildlife Career Development Event. The 2019 contest was held at the Welder Wildlife Foundation in Sinton, Texas. Kelan Painter, Brinley Portie, Logan Sadler and Brett Sultemeier with coach and FFA advisor, Steven Meier, placed 7th out of the sixty teams who had qualified from the 12 FFA Areas in Texas.
