A longtime business on Manchaca Road is searching for a new home. It’s About Thyme nursery recently learned that the property on which it sits was sold for $2.8 million. The new business taking over that land? Apartments. Co-owner Diane Winslow recently wrote a letter to friends and customers about the issue. “Dear Friends. Out […]
Kim Hilsenbeck
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Mountain City residents to council: Don’t change our town
Mountain City Council members appear to have a different view of the future of Mountain City than many residents of the tiny town. At least that is the impression after the May 20 public meeting. About 65 people attended the special called public meeting held at the Plum Creek Golf Club. They were there to […]
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Mountain City to Kyle: It’s not no, but let’s talk
Residents and guests packed into City Hall in Mountain City on Monday evening to hear more about the proposed interlocal agreement with Hays County and the City of Kyle involving a transfer of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Located in Hays County, Mountain City and its much larger neighbor, Kyle, are situated about 20 miles south of […]
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Hays County home appraisal values up for 2015
Hays County residents started seeing their annual notice of home appraisals in the mail this week. The Hays Central Appraisal District started sending out the notices — more than 76,000 of them — May 1. And some homeowners are not happy about what those letters say. Yvonne Flores-Cale responded to the Hays Free Press in […]
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Hays to ask voters to OK new funds for ESD2 growth
Is it time for northeastern Hays County residents to start paying the full price for emergency medical services? Buda Fire Chief Clay Huckaby hopes voters will think so come May 9 when they have a chance to make a difference in the lean budget on which the Emergency Services District, or ESD2, operates. The district […]
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Hays commish calls out Buda mayor on Facebook
The cross-county water fight between the Wimberley/Driftwood area and Buda heated up this week as Hays County Commissioner Will Conley used his Facebook page to call out Buda Mayor Todd Ruge in an open letter, calling the city’s testimony at the Texas Capitol on Monday “a disgrace.” Buda’s Assistant City Manager Brian LaBorde testified against […]
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Hays County hears hydrologist on well project
The debate about the Electro Purification well project continued Tuesday in Hays County Commissioners Court as a neutral scientist weighed in on the data. District Senior Hydrologist and Aquifer Science Team Leader Brian Smith with the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District presented his agency’s findings on the hydrological studies and analyses associated with the Electro […]
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Electro Purification reacts to LBG-Guyton report
Following last week’s findings of a hydrological evaluation by LBG-Guyton Associates on the effects of the Electro Purification water project on area wells, this week the water development company went on the defense. At Tuesday’s Hays County Commissioners Court, Electro Purification representatives provided a response to the LBG-Guyton report. That study, conducted on behalf of […]