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The Taylor Ducks varsity basketball team will be hosting a showcase at the Duck Pond next week. Starting Thursday, Dec.

Questions and heated exchanges about restricted growth on the city’s fringes took center stage Tuesday during a presentation on Taylor’s Envision Taylor Comprehensive Plan, which controls development.

Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, Nov. 30, e-edition of the Taylor Press.

We’ve counted the ballots — nearly 500 of them — and here are the top nominees in each category. Some had multiple ties, so some categories have a few more nominees than others Use this paper ballot to vote for your favorite in each category. Send it to us or drop it by the Taylor Press office.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, 6-10 p.m.

Nov. 9 East Williamson County Higher Education Center.

Gratitude is the Taylor ISD character trait for November, and students at Taylor Middle School are sharing notes of what they are thankful for. They were given a word and asked to come up with reasons why someone might be grateful for that item or circumstance.

Charges have been dropped against a former business owner in a case where police said they found suspected drugs at his downtown property, an attorney said. The narcotics belonged to someone else, said David White of the Law Office of David D.

Dec. 10: International Human Rights Day (United Nations) The UN established International Human Rights Day in 1948 following World War II.

Looking to support the Taylor Public Library and get in the running for some beautiful, hand-knit items at the same time? On November 15, the Taylor Public Library Hooks and Needles club presented the Friends of the Taylor Public Library with a handmade Afghan blanket and a crocheted unicorn. These items are to be raffled off in order to generate proceeds for the Friends of the Library organization, which supports children’s programming and other literacy initiatives at the library.

The Farmers Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Frivolous, fun and happy.” That is how organizer Shay Jung, the founder of Wilco Art Lab, describes the upcoming Loud & Gaudy Ugly Sweater Party and teddy bear drive she is organizing from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday Dec.

At the Nov. 10 Taylor City Council meeting, a resident used the citizen’s communication to oppose a proposed pay raise for city leaders without citizen input.

GEORGETOWN – Julie Kiley has been appointed to serve as the Williamson County auditor following the retirement of County Auditor Jerri Jones in December. Under Texas law, the county auditor is appointed by the Williamson County district judges.

HUTTO – Texas State Technical College’s East Williamson County campus hosted on Friday a National Apprenticeship Week Mold Making/Injection Molding Registered Apprenticeship Signing Day. Representatives of R&D Molders Inc.