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HUTTO – There is still time to sign up to learn more about what’s happing in Hutto ISD. The community is invited to join Superintendent Celina Estrada Thomas for a Hang with the Hippos.

HUTTO – As the temperatures start to get lower, a friendly reminder that the Hutto ISD Parent & Family Engagement team’s “Hippo Hangers” program has an immediate need for cold-weather clothing including coats, jackets, long-sleeved shirts, sweaters/sweatshirts, socks and pants. Clothes of all sizes are needed, but the biggest need is sizes for elementary children.

With the clock winding down, coaches and players on the Taylor Youth Ducks varsity football team took the top off the water cooler and dumped it on head coach Quincy Griffin’s head, signifying their Tri-County Youth Football League Super Bowl Championship victory Saturday night.

The decision for a controversial pay raise for the mayor and council could come this week. At the Nov.

HUTTO – Three teenagers were arrested on weapons charges in the Hutto High School parking lot Thursday, Nov. 3. The arrests were made during a varsity football game at Memorial Stadium. A spectator alerted a Hutto Independent School District police officer to the possible presence of a gun in the parking lot and individuals having a verbal altercation.

Construction kicked off Monday for a number of improvements to the city’s downtown. Projects will include striping for additional parking spaces, updated landscaping, signage, and the installation of permanent street features on the northwest corner of Second and Main streets.

A bond that will address safety, district growth, and aging facilities was put before the voters and passed Tuesday night. The bond for the district is $82.47 million and had more than 5,000 people vote on the issue.

St. John’s Lutheran Church will host its 43 annual Advent Fair from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the church, located at 30650 State Highway 95, one mile north of Bartlett. At the fair, visitors can enjoy a silent and live auction, which will start at 6 p.m., featuring hand-made and donated items for holiday gifts, including quilts, wreaths, wood projects and more. For $12 per plate, attendees can enjoy a turkeyand- dressing dinner prepared by church members from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., a country store, featuring crafts, home-baked goods, casseroles and canned items, as well as St.

HUTTO – Plant a tree, get a tree. The community is invited to celebrate Texas Arbor Day at 9 a.m.

The Taylor Conservation and Heritage Society is delighted to announce the return of the Christmas Homes Tour after a fouryear absence. The homes tour will be held Saturday Dec.

Are we missing your civic organization? Submit your group’s info to [email protected] or by calling 512-352-8535. KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N.

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

HUTTO – Only one Texas city made Money magazines’ list of the 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2022-2023, hippo-happy Hutto. Coming in at number 39, it edged out perennial favorites including Salt Lake City, Utah and Bentonville, Arkansas. The number one city: Atlanta, Georgia.

The Taylor Press was honored by the Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce Nov. 2 for being local business of the month of September at the newspaper’s main offices.