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ESD #8 petition referred to county
A petition to place on the November general election ballot an option to establish Emergency Service District #8 has been verified and could appear on the agenda of the Burnet County Commissioners...
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Petition would put liquor vote on ballot
A Burnet restaurant owner is trying to make it easier for entrepreneurs to sell liquor within the city’s limits. Alan McAnelly, owner of Spokes, began passing around a petition May 28 to lower th...
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Members of the Burnet community joined city officials and Walgreens employees Wednesday to commemorate the opening of the store with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured, far left, is Mike Steele, city manager; Ken Manning (holding scissors), manager Sherri Wisener (immediately left of Manning) with the Chamber of Commerce and Crista Bromley (next to Wisener), director of economic development. Other onlookers and well-wishers joined the festivities, too.</p> Burnet welcomes opening of Walgreens store
Burnet residents no longer have to make the 14-mile drive to Marble Falls for the nearest Walgreens. The company opened its Burnet location last Wednesday and honored the occasion with a ribbon-c...
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Smithwick cemetery treasurer Arrested in $60,000 theft
The Smithwick Cemetery Association’s former treasurer turned herself into Travis County Jail and faces a third-degree felony charge in connection with the theft of about $60,000 from the cemetery ...
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Angels to the Community
Group of volunteers help more than 400 each month
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Miss Aqua Boom 2009 Jacqui Devaney of Burnet, is presented Saturday night with her court Aqua Boom Princess Cheyenne LeJuene of Kingsland, left, and Miss Aqua Boom Duchess Jena Brooks of Kingsland, right. The queen and her court were chosen at the end of Saturday’s day-long pageant events to reign over this year’s Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce Independence Day Festival: Sparkle & Shine, 40 Years of Aqua Boom. </p> Burnet student crowned Miss Aqua Boom 2009
Jacqui Devaney of Burnet was crowned Miss Aqua Boom 2009 at the conclusion of a day of pageant activities at the Kingsland Community Center that marked the beginning of the 40th Annual Independenc...
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Jacqui Devaney crowned Miss Aqua Boom 2009
by Glynis Crawford Smith
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Jacqui Devaney of Burnet was crowned Miss Aqua Boom 2009 at the conclusion of a day of pageant activities at the Kingsland Community Center, marking the beginning of the 40th Annual Independence Da...
Burn ban back in effect in Burnet County
by Hailey Persinger
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The Burnet County commissioners court has issued a countywide burn ban that went into effect at noon Friday. Because of rising temperatures and no rain forecasted for the next week, conditions for...
City going forward with airport improvements
by George Hatt
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Burnet City Council Tuesday named the Texas Department of Transportation as its agent for handling federal funds for improvement of the municipal airport. Burnet submitted a master plan for t...
Bertram breaks ground for state-of-the-art library
by Marci Masterson
Bulletin Correspondent
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Bertram celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the new Joann Cole Mitte Library with the members of the Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation, Friends of the Bertram Free Library, city ...
Investors buy 5 Burnet square area properties
by Hailey Persinger
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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Fredericksburg couple sees ‘tremendous potential’
Jail, flood maps dominate county meeting
by Hailey Persinger
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Burnet County jail expansion, flood maps of the Buchanan Dam area, and a federal grant program that could fund some Burnet County Historical Commission projects were discussed Tuesday at the Bu...