Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
It's the only community center in Brays Oaks, but on a sunny Tuesday, only the weight room, basketball court and one meeting room were getting a workout. Bruce Krewinghaus, who's always looking for meeting space for his civic groups, could hardly believe it.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Hundreds gathered on Oct. 17 in Alief's Durga Bari Society to celebrate India's Diwali, or "festival of lights," which this year fell on the same day as Kali Puja, the worship of Kali, one of the forms of the goddess of power within the Hindu religion.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
On the outside, Raja Banga's house looks like any other house. But every Sunday morning, the inside transforms into a meeting place for generations of Indians and Indian-Americans, whose collective hands and voices sing and drum out the songs of their homeland. Banga, a 35-year-old geologist, teaches Indians young and old how to play the tabla, a pair of drums popular in Indian music.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Hundreds gathered recently to celebrate the inauguration of the Jain Vishwa Bharati Preksha Meditation Center.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Houston Low Vision Club will host its first satellite support group at noon, on Friday Nov. 13 at the Bayland Park Community Center at Hillcroft and Bissonnet.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Candidates for Alief school board stopped short of name-calling Wednesday, but incumbent board president Sarah Winkler questioned if one of them could read, then said it was obvious her opponent in the Nov. 3 election knows little about the Alief Independent School District.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
If the Houston mayor's race is any indication, voters in west Houston are still deciding who they will vote for in multiple races for Houston City Council. . In west Houston, voters also face a crowded slate of candidates for city council districts A, G and F plus four contested at-large council seats and the race for city controller.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
At age 60, Steve Moore is paying it forward. The apartment owner's plan is to improve living conditions for hundreds of low-income families in southwest Houston and help them revive the surrounding community.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Twice annually, the Brays Oaks Management District opens its treasury to award competitive cash grants to community-based organizations located within the district. The deadline for the next cycle of grants is Oct. 31. The grants will support events and projects scheduled for January through June 2010.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Special needs students in the Alief school district who participate in Special Olympics will benefit from an upcoming Halloween fundraiser. Alief's Special Olympics Booster Club is hosting a Halloween bash and spaghetti supper from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 in the south cafeteria of Elsik High School, 12601 High Star Dr. A donation of $5.00 per person is suggested.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Candidates seeking to represent Alief, Sharpstown and Gulfton area neighborhoods on the Houston City Council agree that crime, code enforcement and the city's division of resources are major concerns for voters in the Nov. 3 election.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Curbing crime, policing and improving the city's infrastructure topped concerns expressed by many area residents who turned out Oct. 15 for a candidate forum at Fondren Middle School in southwest Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
County government has its limits, but citizens in Mission Bend want a change. In a meeting with the county judges of Harris and Fort Bend, representatives from 13 of 39 homeowner groups living on Houston's far west side described problems with crime, unregulated development, gang graffiti and illegal dumping and asked what county leaders can do to address them.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Homeowners organized as the Greater Mission Bend Area Council will begin a dialogue this week with Harris and Fort Bend county judges in a meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17, at Mission Bend United Methodist Church, 3710 Highway 6 South.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Renovations, upgrades and new construction are starting to take shape at three Sharpstown area schools under the Houston Independent School District's 2007, $805 million bond program.
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