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Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today May 26, 2021 | 5:34 AM (Seguin) — Annually, the Seguin Main Street Program presents its downtown awards during Moonlight & Roses and much like many events in 2020 and early 2021, Moonlight & Roses was canceled twice. Even though Seguin Main Street was unable to hold Moonlight & Roses, the Board still felt it important to recognize the businesses, individuals and organizations that had an impact on downtown Seguin over the last two years. To do so, Seguin Main St...

A pandemic pivot Winona is keeping (5/26/2021)   Even a bout of heavy rain did not dampen area residents’ enthusiasm about the first Friday evening of Dine Out Downtown this year. Part of Third Street was closed off from traffic and turned into an open air cafe. When the drops started to fall, event attendees simply dashed to the sides of local businesses with overhangs or braved the weather under the umbrellas at the tables along the road. The rain soon passed, and c...

Lots of flour, lots and lots of flour, makes anywhere from 12 to 16 pans of dough. The dough is enough for a 10 1/2-foot wide ham biscuit — the world’s largest. It takes a forklift truck to put this biscuit in the oven. “We cut it into squares,” noted Gary Rocca, one of the directors of Helping Hands, which every year makes the oversized biscuit for the annual Trigg County Country Ham Festival. “We slice it down the middle and put a piece of country ham in there,” ...

Sullivan: Los Alamos Commerce And Development Corporation (LACDC) Supports Local Business LACDC Recently, there has been some misinformation in local media regarding Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) and its associated Chamber of Commerce and MainStreet programs.  I’d like to take this opportunity to provide some facts about the organization and the work we do. LACDC is a private not-for-profit 501 C (6) economic development organization. It is not part of, nor subsidiz...

1 of 2 Offutt’s Ford Bridge – Located over Little Blue River in Rush County near Arlington. It was built in 1884. Photo by John V. Pontiere Jr. John Wilson By John D. Wilson Rush County Historian May 10, 2021 1 of 2 Offutt’s Ford Bridge – Located over Little Blue River in Rush County near Arlington. It was built in 1884. Photo by John V. Pontiere Jr. John Wilson RUSH COUNTY – This is the 13th article I have written to commemo...

Zanesville committee to discuss ‘Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area’ ZANESVILLE, Ohio – The Zanesville City Council Community Development Committee will discuss Monday the establishment of a Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area, also know as a DORA. Within a DORA, restaurant or bar patrons are able to carry open containers in specific DORA cups during specified times. Marietta’s Main Street Program proposed a DORA for their city as a way to encourage patrons to spend more time in their down...

Barre City Place by Cody Morrison, Executive Director, Barre Area Development Barre Area Development, Inc. (BADC) turned 60 years old month. Since its founding in 1961, BADC has been involved in many activities that have improved civic pride and the economic, social, and cultural quality of life in Barre Town and Barre City. Made up of a volunteer board of directors and, since 2008, a full-time Executive Director, BADC has collaborated with local stakeholders to be a successful economic develo...

Federal deadline may have been extended, but N.H. state taxes are still due April 15 FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. The Trump administration is working on plans to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline for most individual taxpayers as well as small businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that the administration is "looking at providing relief to certain taxpayers and sm...

Fair Lawns budget encourages residents to get back out and reoriented with their town after a year of being inside.

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today Apr 5, 2021 6:05 AM (Seguin) — More volunteers are still needed to help with the COVID-19 vaccine clinics here in Seguin. The mass vaccination clinics are typically held on Thursdays in the Coliseum. They are jointly hosted by the city, Guadalupe County and GRMC. Blaire Zahn’s day job is with the city’s Main Street Program and CVB, but for the last couple of months she’s helped with the vaccination clinics. Zahn says volunteering has been made easy, with a...