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St. Mary’s Catholic School will host their 88th Annual Homecoming Celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 at St. Mary’s Parish and on school grounds to raise funds for the parish. The event will feature live music, concessions, a raffle drawing, games, as well as a silent and live auction. In addition, a barbecue meal will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $12 per plate, with an optional dessert available for a donation.

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.

On Saturday, fire trucks and other service vehicles rode through town as they said goodbye to retired Taylor firefighter Robert Whitmore. Whitmore, 59, passed away Tuesday, Aug.

HUTTO – After seeking community recommendations for the naming of Hutto ISD’s third middle school, on Aug. 25 the school board voted unanimously to approve the name Gus Almquist Middle School.

HUTTO – Another major technology project is in the works for the coveted Hutto mega-site. Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters and its partner, San Francisco-based Prologis Inc., have purchased over 220 acres from the city of Hutto, where they plan to build a world-class campus of data centers. The land is part of the Hutto megasite, a massive tract for strategic development of big businesses on the south side of US Hwy 79 in far eastern Hutto.

HUTTO – Hutto ISD Superintendent Celina Estrada Thomas will host the first table talk of the 2022-23 school year Thursday, Sept. 1, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

Fashion fundraiser brings in close to $10K Men put on their best dresses and walked the runway for close to $10,000. On Saturday, Aug.

A unique mix-used development, which will include 456 residential units, as well as walkable neighborhoods with retail, park space and even assorted “maker’s spaces,’ such as art studios or workshops, inched closer to becoming a reality last week. At the Aug. 25 meeting of the Taylor City Council, city leaders held a public hearing and introduced an ordinance to rezone approximately 22 acres at 3811 N. Main St., directly north of the H-E-B at Carlos G.

Many children with chronic illnesses or disabilities are confined to a wheelchair or limited in their movements due to physical impairments, fatigue or other maladies. But a local nonprofit organization is teaching some of them to soar through the sky, right here in Taylor.

The weather may be cooling off soon, but the season for outdoor evening concerts is heating up. Music on Main will launch its fall season with the nationally recognized Money Chicha at 7 p.m.

The economic future of Taylor just got brighter. Samsung Austin Semiconductor will host a Samsung Taylor Site Job Fair from 8 a.m.

After two years, National Night Out is set to return in Taylor Tuesday, Oct. 4.

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

The 2022 Texas Mamma Jamma Ride will begin at 8 a.m. at Heritage Square on Saturday, Sept. 17 to raise funds in support of Lone Star Circle of Care’s Big Pink Bus, which brings affordable mobile mammogram services to low-income and underserved women in the region. Since the ride was launched in 2009, more than $2 million has been raised to combat breast cancer. Registration for the all-skills-level event is $35 for each adult rider, who is required to raise at least $300 to ride on event day and will receive the Texas Mamma Jamma Ride t-shirt, $50 for under-18 riders, for whom fundraising is not required, and $35 for virtual riders, with no fundraising minimum either.