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The Blackland Prairie Days may be shrinking its footprint this year, but organizers hope it will be bigger and more unique than ever. At the Feb.

Sometimes a grade-school crush can bloom into a full-blown love, followed by a lifelong commitment of marriage. And sometimes, the place where you grew up is exactly where you need to be — not only for you and your family — but also the people around you.

Taylor is in need of an additional three-person daily fire crew as soon as possible, as well as a third fire station longer term, among other recommendations from consultants in a new Fire Services Master Plan.

Mrs. Lessie Givens has touched the lives of many children in Taylor over the years.

Monthly Luncheon Every 3rd Monday — Monday, Feb. 27 at 11:45 a.m., join Mayor Brandt Rydell give a State of the City address at Taylor ISD Events Center, 3101 N.

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

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

The Junior Woman’s Study Club’s first meeting of the 2023 New Year was held Thursday, Jan. 12, at Mas Fajitas. Twenty members attended the event hosted by Shannon Car roll, Mar y Jane Hammack, Janie Kol lman, Moppy Miller and Melissa Whit e. After the luncheon, Anne Wentrcek conducted a brief business mee t ing. Paulette McConchie, on behalf of the Williamson County Child Welfare Board, expressed her grateful appreciation to the members for their generous December donations toward the purchase of Christmas gifts for the families served.

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Wintertime in Central Texas doesn’t exactly invoke mental images of lush, green gardens or fresh produce straight from the garden, but if you are wanting to harvest crops in the spring you need to start now. Despite the confusing weather and temperatures this time of year, February is an underrated month for gardening. It’s actually one of the very best times to plant a vegetable garden.

HUTTO – Area residents drove through and dined in as volunteers dished up hundreds of servings of soup during the Hutto Resource Center’s fifth annual Souper Bowl. Volunteers from the HRC and Hutto Independent School District staffed the event on Sunday, Feb.

As the Taylor Independent School District moves forward with “unstacking” plans for the elementary schools next fall, parents and other community members seem to be taking the upcoming seismic shift in stride, officials said during the Feb. 20th meeting of the board of trustees.

PERCUSSION PARK OFFICIALLY OPENS Recently, Murphy Park has gotten a little more upbeat thanks to the addition of percussion playground equipment. On Saturday, a ribbon cutting was held to officially open Percussion Park in Taylor.

A community meeting hub with fitness components that could include a climbing wall, onsite childcare, a multipurpose classroom and an observation deck, covered by a roof that provides fresh water for lush rain gardens below.

City leaders will consider changes to the Envision Taylor Comprehensive plan, but will it be enough to appease landowners in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction who say their property is being unjustly devalued? At the Feb. 23 Taylor City Council meeting, staff will introduce ordinance 2023-10 to amend some elements of its “Restricted Growth Sector,” which limits some kinds of development in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction due to the high cost of extending and maintaining infrastructure there, city officials have said.