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Heritage Square Farmer’s Market The Farmer’s Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Heritage Square, 400 N. Main St. Booths provide high-quality locally grown produce, responsibly raised meats and unique handmade goods from local farmers, ranchers and artisans. For updates, visit https://www.facebook.com/ heritagesquarefarmersmarket.

GEORGETOWN – What does a Justice of the Peace do once they have been elected? What is their role in county government? These questions and more will be answered at the Justice of the Peace Community Forum scheduled for Monday, June 5 at the Williamson County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 office, 100 Wilco Way in Georgetown. At the forum, guests will learn how a Justice of the Peace works with small claims, debt claims, Class C traffic violations, juvenile cases, death inquests, weddings and more.

KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

Memorial Day Sunset Block Party Friday, May 26 — From 6 to 9 p.m., Hutto’s Municipal Government will host Hutto Parks and Recreation for a block party at Fritz Park, 400 Park St. The event will observe a remembrance ceremony in honor of Memorial Day. There will be food trucks, vendors, live music and family-friendly activities.

A Taylor Press online story May 12 headlined “Legislation could give property owners near Samsung more of a say” referenced an email by Taylor Assistant City Manager Tom Yantis that had some words missing in the last sentence. The sentence should have read: “I would be happy to discuss other properties that are within the city’s intended growth areas and how we could work with you on plans for a housing development in one of those areas.”

A potential new law could give some relief to property owners living in the shadow of Samsung Austin Semiconductor by allowing them to petition Taylor for removal from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

HUTTO – Between sports, band, physical education and other classes, up to 1,306 Hutto Independent School District students used Memorial Stadium at Hutto High School regularly throughout the school year, according to a report from Athletic Director Bradley LaPlante.

The Murphy Park Soccer Mini-Pitch Grand Opening was scheduled for May 13, but it had to be rescheduled due to weather. The new tentative date is June 17.

Juneteenth is considered the second Independence Day in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery Jan.

Heritage Square Farmer’s Market The Farmer’s Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Heritage Square, 400 N. Main St. Booths provide high-quality locally grown produce, responsibly raised meats and unique handmade goods from local farmers, ranchers and artisans. For updates, visit https://www.facebook.com/heritagesquarefarmersmarket.

KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

From 6 to 9 p.m. on the Friday before Memorial Day, May 26, the Hutto Municipal Government will host Hutto Parks and Recreation for a block-party at the Hutto Co-Op, 420 U.S.

At 10 a.m. on Monday, May 29, the City of Taylor will salute and honor the soldiers who have both fought and fallen for the freedoms we have today.

TAYLOR CITY COUNCIL Second/Fourth Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 400 Porter St.

Boles details county’s road projects at Chamber luncheon Until recently, most new road construction was focused on western Williamson County, but these days you’d be hard pressed to find a thoroughfare not being worked on in and around the Taylor/Hutto area, an elected official said. On Monday, May 15, Williamson County Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles said the county is committed to road development in our area to accommodate the explosive growth associated with Samsung Austin Semiconductor and other factors during this month’s Taylor Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon at the Taylor Mansion Estate & Crystal Ballroom.