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Patrick Taylor presents Susan Komandosky, chair of the Moody Museum advisory board, with a $500 H-E-B gift card donated by Taylor PRIDE. This donation will go to Shepherd’s Heart Food Pantry & Ministries as part of the museum’s annual Pounds of Plenty food drive to be held Saturday, June 25. The museum will be accepting monetary donations as well as non-perishable food from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Courtesy photo

Williamson County and the city of Granger invite the public to a ribbon-cutting for the Davilla Street improvement project. The project included replacing a collapsed box culvert under Davilla Street and replacing some of the street’s brick pavers with colored stamped concrete in the vicinity of the Davilla Street and Walton Street intersection.

Jennifer Harris (right) of the Dickey Museum Board accepts a $5,000 grant from Sylvia Tillotson of the Michael C. Duda Architectural Endowment.

Hutto has revealed the live music lineup for this year’s free 4th of July Celebration. Micah Marcos will kick things off before the Steph Cash Band rocks the stage.

Hutto residents participate in the Equity, Racism Inclusivity Task Force Public Form June 8. The district reported great conversation took place, or “heart work” as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director Thymai Dong says. Another community forum is planned for the fall. Facebook / Hutto ISD

One of Taylor’s upcoming subdivisions appears ready for the next step. On Thursday, June 23, the Taylor City Council will consider acceptance of a subdivision infrastructure for Castlewood’s firs phase.

Two weeks before the U.S. remembered the day became free, residents commemorated a day in which many Americans became free in another way.

On Thursday, June 16, the Hutto City Council held their mid-month meeting. The council discussed the 2022 Water and Wastewater Master Plan along with the Pavement Assessment and Management Plan.

Alternate routes will be needed to get around downtown Taylor Saturday On June 25, the Taylor PRIDE Music & Arts Festival will be from 2 to 10 p.m. at Black Sparrow Music Parlor, Texas Beer Company, Xchange Nightlife and outside along Second Street from Main to Vance streets and on half of a Talbot Street block north and south of Second.

Williamson County is under a burn ban. On June 21, Commissioners Court has issued a county-wide burn ban for a period not to exceed 90 days due to severe drought conditions, above average heat, low humidity, low fuel moistures and high winds that are creating dangerous wildfire conditions that would be exacerbated by outdoor burning.

The Rotary Club of Taylor heard from Commander Joseph Branson of the Taylor Police and victim services coordinator Priscilla Morena of the Taylor Police Department during the Rotary meeting at Sirloin Stockade in Taylor June 9. Branson talked about measures taken such as cameras in regards to monitoring school safety, and Morena spoke on helping victims of domestic abuse. The Rotary meets every Thursday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St. Courtesy photos

This summer 21st Academy, a local educational nonprofit, is launching the Re-Imagine Education Expo. The homegrown Expo will be held at the Wingate Williamson Conference Center on Saturday, June 25.

Hutto Fire Rescue members raise flags at Williamson County Emergency Service District No. 3 Station No. 3 in Hutto on its opening day June 9. Hutto Fire Rescue’s Engine 3 and its crew will operate at its location, 211 Limmer Loop in Round Rock. Facebook / Hutto Fire Rescue

Known as “a second Independence Day,” Juneteenth will be celebrated this weekend with events in Fannie Robinson Park in Taylor. The Welfare Workers Club will present the Emancipation Day Juneteenth 2022 Weekend Celebration June 17-18 at the Dickey Community Center in Robinson Park.

HUTTO – At a special called city council meeting this past Thursday, June 9, the Hutto city council released the plans on filling the city manager position. On Thursday, June 23, the Hutto City Council will release the names of the five or six candidates for the city manager position.