Articles Archive for 2 September 2009
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Councilman Juan Narvaez along with Officers of the Laredo Police Department and Laredo Fire Department visited Elementary Schools in his District donating Back Packs filled with school supplies and vouchers for new school uniforms. The kids patiently and politely waited for the gifts as Councilman Narvaez and LISD Trustee George Becklehymer spoke to the students before handing out the backpacks. One by one the kids stepped up with smiles on their faces as their names were read thanking the officials after recieving their supplies. The Councilman visited kids from Ryan Elementary School, Milton Elementary …
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AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation unveiled new website tools Tuesday, enabling website visitors to interactively examine lists of congested roadways in the state, look up pavement condition ratings and see how the maintenance funds spent in their area will impact their roadways. The tools, which are linked to the department’s project tracker, were created at the direction of the Texas Legislature.
The idea of sharing congestion data with the public is not new – the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University has long-distributed reports on congestion levels …
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“Ain’t no stopping us now!” continues to be school’s motto
Laredo, TX—Aug. 21 ‘09—With the start of the new school year under way, St. Peter’s Memorial School, one of the oldest Catholic schools in Laredo, continues to build on the success and accomplishments it had last year under the guidance of Dr. Linda Marie Garcia Mitchell in her inaugural year as principal of the school. In fact, this year promises to be even better. Mitchell, a well-renowned and established teacher and administrator in Laredo, continues to boost not only the school’s …
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Laredo, TX—Sept. 1‘09— Keep Laredo Beautiful, in partnership with Coca-Cola, HEB, Borderplex Area Wide Phonebook, KGNS-TV, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and of course, the City of Laredo, is hosting Unity in CommUnity, a city-wide community improvement initiative that will hit every City Council district in Laredo. The improvement outreach will be on Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, 2009, and hundreds of volunteers are needed to sign up to help beautify, clean up, paint, landscape and improve almost 30 neighborhoods throughout the city of …
