It’s officially official: Work on rebuilding the historic Mason County Courthouse has begun.
The historic structure was heavily damaged by an alleged arsonist just over a year ago.
“People can see things happening now,” said Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden, on Monday. “Our general contractor, Stoddard, has a lot of workers on site.
Mason County Commissioners heard a presentation concerning American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from Alan Bristol of the Texas Association of Counties (TAC) at Monday’s Commissioner’s Court. A standing-room-only crowd attended in response to the agenda item, and four people made public comments prior to the presentation expressing their disapproval of the county’s acceptance of these federal funds in May, 2021.
Last year Mason County accepted its allocation of $828,916, said Judge Je ...
The local affiliate of the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity is hard at work on its 20th home in Mason County, but more local help is needed. “One of my goals is to get more people in the community involved,” said Jess Irwin, president of Habitat for Humanity’s Mason County affiliate.
For Mason County’s volunteer firefighters, every day is just another day- until it’s not.
That’s why the county’s three volunteer fire departments work closely together, along with honoring formal mutual aid agreements with firefighting departments in all six counties bordering Mason County. “We all have to help each other cover all county property,” Neece said.
This week marks one year since Mason County’s historic courthouse was ravaged by fire, allegedly by an act of arson. One year later, the site is being prepared for restoration. The massive reconstruction effort to restore the Mason County Courthouse to its former glory is scheduled to last for at least seventeen months and certainly is no small task, according to the owner of the general contracting company that has been hired by the county.
“We’re starting to mobilize and get things ...
Stoddard General Contractors arrived Monday morning to put up scaffolding around the courthouse, announced County Judge Jerry Bearden at Monday’s County Commissioners Court. This official beginning of reconstruction comes just shy of the one-year anniversary of the fire and as the result of much hard work by the Commissioners and other involved entities.
To mark the anniversary, a ceremony to recognize all the neighboring volunteer fire departments that assisted in fighting the fire will ...
Mason schools showed academic improvement from already very good ratings in the most recent report from the Texas Academic Performance Report, TAPR, said Mason Independent School District (MISD) Superintendent Stan Whittle at Monday night’s school board meeting.
Comparing scores from 2019 to 2021, Mason students improved in all areas, increasing the most in English, language arts, reading, writing, social studies and all subjects in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program, Whittle ...
Medical providers in Mason County, including at the Frontera Clinic, are seeing a large increase in active COVID-19 cases, while the rate of vaccinations in the county lags behind statewide numbers.
“We’ve been seeing lots of cases at our clinic, more than at any other time since the pandemic started,” said Mason County Health Authority Dr.
Mason County Commissioners celebrated a milestone in the journey to rebuild the Mason County Courthouse by accepting a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) agreement with Stoddard General Contractors at a special meeting January 13.
Judge Jerry Bearden signed the agreement with a pen carved from the wood of one of the pecan trees lost in the courthouse fire.
Mayor Whitney Leifeste set the upcoming municipal election for May 7, 2022, with approval from the City Commissioners, at Monday night’s commissioners meeting.
Mason voters will choose a Mayor at Large and commissioners for Districts One and Three. The filing period for candidates begins Jan. 19 and ends Feb. 28. Early voting in this election will take place at City Hall.
