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As a growing number of community volunteers descend on the MaineHealth COVID-19 clinics in Knox and Waldo counties, a common theme has emerged. Volunteers see the clinics as the largest – and most important – community events that Knox and Waldo counties have ever experienced. And they want to be a part of it. “It absolutely feels like a community event where everyone is pulling together for the sake of the town,” said volunteer Sandy Cox, in a MaineHealth news release. Cox is a Camden resident who volunteered after hearing about the opportunity during a meeting of West Bay Rotary. �...

The Lakeway City Council voted Monday night to extend the winter storm disaster declaration, which will help those applying for financial relief do so more easily, Mayor Sandy Cox said.  Cox called the storm “probably the worst disaster this area has ever experienced in its history” and thanked city staff, first responders and the community for helping the area pull through the crisis.  Cox said the city did not initially declare a disaster because the state and county declarations covered the area. However, Cox did sign a declaration on Feb. 26 to help local business owners and homeow...

In the wake of the unprecedented winter storm that dumped freezing rain and more than a foot of snow on the Lakeway area during a week in mid-February, Lakeway City Council on March 1 unanimously approved extending a disaster declaration for the city. Lakeway Mayor Sandy Cox first declared a disaster within the city limits Feb. 26. The disaster declaration will make it easier for residents to file insurance and other kinds of claims to cover damages resulting from the storm, she said. During the meeting, Cox said she would keep the disaster declaration in place as long as Gov. Greg Abbott ...

The idea behind extending Main is to connect RM 620 to Lohmans Crossing to take pressure off an increasingly crowded RM 620. Adding urgency is that at some point in the future, construction will take place on RM 620 to widen the roadway. Having Main connect Lohmans Crossing to RM 620 would provide an alternative, safer route during construction, Cox said. However, doing so requires working with two separate developers—Stratus Lakeway Center LLC and Legend Communities. Both own property along the proposed route for the Main extension. Legend Communities is expected to break ground on a mixed...

The idea of proportionality is laid out in Texas Local Government Code, according to the Texas Public Law website. The law states a municipality can require a developer to pay for costs such as road construction, but those costs “may not exceed the amount required for infrastructure improvements that are roughly proportionate to the proposed development as approved by a professional engineer,” according to the public law website. York said if Lakeway were to delay action on the ordinance, it would create an opportunity for Stratus to discuss the Main Street issue with the city. Before cou...