Highlands Chamber Luncheon Highlights Local Business
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce meets today at the Highlands Community Center 604 Highlands Woods. A 11 45 lunch catered by Teapot Depot and decorations by Gibson Printing. Jim Wadzinski of The Sentinel News speaks on Marketing. Reservations: 281 421 9411 or 281 843 2947. Cost 10 dollars.
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Highlands Chamber of Commerce
Teapot Depot
Gibson Printing
Jim Wadzinski
The
Sentinel News
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Woods
Highlands
Baytown plans extend Baker Road with federal funding push
The 2025 Regional Transportation Plan includes an $8.5 million Baker Road extension from Garth Road to Decker Drive and a $24.3 million overall package. Kan Hackett says projects reflect residents needs while public forums invite citizen input. Final plan to be reviewed in spring by H GAC Transportation Policy Council with comments accepted through May 4.
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Baker Road
Garth Road
Decker Drive
Kan Hackett
Baytown
Hackett
Singleton
H-Gac
Harts County
Timmons Lane
Houston
Gulf Coast Planning
TAKS testing drives Goose Creek teacher survey results
Goose Creek teachers report TAKS driven focus and heavy district testing. A majority say district cares only about TAKS scores, while others critique paperwork, six week assessments, and material gaps. Administrators pledge review and changes, with optimism for long term improvements.
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Texas
Goose Creek
Gordon
Barbara Sultis
Ing
Kathy Clausen
Clausen
Sultis
Goose Creek teachers voice concerns in survey
Baytown teachers share anxieties about workload, assessments, and support. Respondents cite excessive meetings, 15 hours weekly outside class for planning, stress on TAKS focus, insufficient instructional time, data driven culture, and a push over professional autonomy. Concerns include leadership style, administrator count, Xerox failures, and salary inequities.
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Steve Fischer
Goose Creek
Fischer
Clausen
SPARK Park Opens With Ribbon Cutting At Harlem Elementary
The community celebrates a new SPARK Park behind Harlem Elementary with a ceremony led by School Principal Mattie Sharp and Harris County officials. Designer Reginald Adams unveils the entrance sculpture of four children on books, while students sing Lean on Me. Funding includes Harris County housing money, Precinct 2 support, General Electric, and Dr Sarma Challa.
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Tinsley
Mattie Sharp
Sharp
Harts County Precinct 2
Sylvia Garcia
Reginald Adams
Museum of Cultural Arts
Houston
Adams
Barbara Sultis
Goose Creek
Spark Park
Suktis
Harlem
Harris County Housing and Economic Development Department
Harris County Precinct 2
General Electric
Sarma Challa
Baytown case prompts renewed homicide questions in Jasmine Guice death
Detectives revive Jasmine Guice death inquiry after autopsy in 1994 labeled homicide. Baytown Police review cold cases, finding autopsy injuries contradict past accounts by Vernege. Vernege arrested on murder injuring a child. CPS custody hearings underway for the Mixon children.
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Rynearson
Harris County Medical Examiners Office
Jasmine
Estella Olguin
CPS
Marvin Cure
Verneger
Harris County District Attorney’s
Curne
Apont
Ificer Scott Vice
Baytown
Jasmine Guice
Vernege
David Alford
BayCoast Hospital
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Bay Coast
Harris County
Mixon
Mixons
Gregory Griffin
United Concerned Citizens of
Torres
Griffin
Christ Centered Outreach Ministries
Kwwj Gospel
Loretta
Robert Guice Jr
Guice
Olguin
Olevin
Charles Shaffer
Shaffer
City Council to vote on land contract and lawsuit fees
Council weighs approving a 25 year contract with East Little League for Ward Road park maintenance after a 2003 buy intension and delays. The panel also considers Fort Worth attorney Bettye Lynn's fees up to 100000 in a firefighters a longevity pay suit dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds. City Hall session starts 4:30 p.m.
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Jackson
Thiess
Foundation
Ward Road
Johnson
East Little League
Keith Wier
Fort Worth
Bettye Lynn
Levi Benton
215Th District Court
Lynn
Craig Deats
Austin
Benton
Deats
City Hall
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Highlands Chamber
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Xerox
SPARK
Department of Housing and Community Development
Hanis County
Council
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