City Manager Sharon Citino said that meeting the city’s strategical goals to ensure regulatory compliance while holding the nominal tax rate flat was challenging.
West U analyzes response to unprecedented Texas winter storm
Ryan Nickerson, Staff writer
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Stephanie Gutierrez shows the damage in her living room after the ceiling collapsed from broken water pipes during last week s freezing temperatures on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Gutierrez home was damaged after pipe broke during Winter Storm Uri.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Brianne Wheeler received a knock on her door on the morning of Feb. 15 as she was dealing with the impacts of Winter Storm Uri.
It was the West University Fire Department letting her know that there may be a water line leak beneath her home. Public Works was quickly sent out, confirmed the leak, and shut off her water immediately before any damage was done to her home.
St. John s tabs a familiar face, Dan Alig, as its eighth head of school
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Dan Alig will serve as St. John s eight head of school starting this upcoming school year.
Prior to serving as the Head of the Upper School at The Lovett School in Atlanta, a position he has held since 2013, Alig spent 13 years at St. John’s as English teacher, coach, college counselor, admissions associate, Upper School Dean of Students and English Department Chair.Courtesy photo from Dan Alig
St. John’s School has had seven Heads of School since its founding in 1946 its eighth leader will be somebody that is already quite familiar with the school.
Lucille s owner to host MLK Day food drives in Fifth Ward, Fort Bend
Ryan Nickerson, Staff writer
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Chef Chris Williams sauteed collards at Lucille s, 5512 La Branch St., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in Houston.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Chef Chris Williams, founder of Lucille s 1913, a nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding Houstonians in vulnerable neighborhoods, is organizing a holiday meal service for Greater Third Ward on Dec. 23.Jenn Duncan / Jenn DuncanShow MoreShow Less
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Danica Whiting garnishes holiday meals Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the Power Center in Houston. Lucille’s 1913 and the Kinder Foundation organized a holiday meal prep in the kitchen of the Power Center. Organizers plan to prepare 5,000 meals, which they will give away Dec. 23 at Emancipation Park.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less