Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Spring Branch Education Foundation recently approved $162,616 in grants for projects throughout Spring Branch school district.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Houston Neuropathy Support Group will host a presentation on how neuropathy affects balance at 7 p.m. Monday, July 14 at Fellowship Hall of the Memorial Drive Lutheran Church, 12211 Memorial Drive. Guest speaker is Claire MacAdams, Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, call 281-556-1415.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Firehouse Subs opened a new restaurant July 5 in the Echo Lane Shopping Center at 9359 Katy Freeway
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Memorial City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 17 officials say they will take a hard look at funds spent to pay engineering consultants for work completed on various projects and how the entity can get better mileage out of those contracted services.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Briar Grove resident Brita “Brie” Donohue let her hips do the talking during a three-week trip to the Dominican Republic in June, where she immersed herself in both the language and the culture. Donohue, 30, spent two hours a day in local dance classes, learning how to salsa and merengue.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Connie Reeves Cooke has always enjoyed slipping into a delicious daydream. Her imagination has been carrying her to distant times and places since she was a girl. These days, the Uptown resident shares her musings with others. Her first novel, suspense thriller Fade to Dark (PublishAmerica) is about a billionaire Houston businessman, his connection to two world-renown supermodels and a serial killer...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
While other children were learning to ride their bikes, West Houston resident Matthew Furman was spending most of his time at Texas Children’s Cancer Center undergoing chemotherapy, spinal taps and bone marrow biopsies.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Because of recent coyote sightings within Hunters Creek city limits, city officials are asking residents to report any such sightings for the purpose of record keeping. Anyone who sees a coyote is urged to call Animal Control Officer Dean Seideman at 713-465-2150 and the Memorial Villages Police Department at 713-365-3700. In other news, council recently approved new office hours for City Hall. The...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
The Memorial Villages will once again host the annual Villages Independence Festival from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. The parade route begins at Memorial High School, 935 Echo Lane, continues east on Gaylord and ends at the location of the festival, Memorial Drive Baptist Church, 325 N. Piney Point Road. The event, which is free, will include a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, arts and crafts for...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Kids are used to hearing adults talk to them about nutrition and exercise. This summer, area children will get a chance to hear about healthy choices from members of the Oliver Foundation Teen Advisory Board. The teens will address children who attend the University of Houston’s Children’s Theatre Festival. The event is at 10:25 a.m. Wednesday and July 16. The teens, known as Youth Excited About Health,...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Spring Branch resident Susan McClendon said if you want to meet some of the nicest people around, join the West Houston Quilter’s Guild. The group, founded in 1993, has approximately 200 members from the Greater Houston who range in age from their mid-20’s to late-70’s. The group meets monthly at Bear Creek Park, and newcomers are welcome. “I started really getting into quilting in 2001,’’ said McClendon,...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Memorial/Spring Branch News June 30, 2008, 6:44PMSpring Valley completes Bracher, Voss roads projectBy CARISSA D. LAMKAHOUANChronicle Correspondent Spring Valley recently wrapped up a $4 million road construction project on Bracher and Voss roads that included closing deep, open ditches, removing and replacing the storm sewer system and installing new sidewalks along abut two miles of roadway. Mayor...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Fifth graders at Bunker Hill Elementary School raised $1,956 through a school-wide raffle, and received matching funds from Amegy Bank, to help maintain the Sam Houston Monument in Hermann Park. Typically, conservation of the city’s civic art is funded by a civic art program and managed by the Houston Arts Alliance. But certain works, including the Sam Houston monument, are maintained with private...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
The City of Hedwig Village is looking into expanding and revamping the city’s police department facility, which was built in the late 1970s.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
The suspect could face intoxication manslaughter charges in the death of Gary Gryder, who was hit Sunday while directing traffic in west Houston. Fellow officer Joe Pyland was injured.
