Posted on 13 November 2014. Tags: Meadowlakes news
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MEADOWLAKES — In a walk through the neighborhood, residents such as Dee Nolen take their time to enjoy the pace of the bedroom community; however, on occasion, Nolen has noticed motorists who disrupt the tranquil setting. “I was walking one night (on the main thoroughfare), and some kid was just […]
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Posted on 10 May 2014. Tags: Bertram news, Burnet schools, Cottonwood Shores news, elections, Granite Shoals news, highland haven news, Meadowlakes news
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Voters across Burnet County chose new faces and picked a few familiar ones for local councils and school boards. One of the most recognizable faces on the Granite Shoals city council is on the way back. Last year, Shirley King had to step down from the council due to term […]
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Posted in Bertram, Burnet, Burnet County, Cottonwood Shores, Government, Granite Shoals, Meadowlakes, News By Town
Posted on 28 April 2014. Tags: elections
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Highland Lakes municipal, emergency service district and school districts elections are May 10. There are a bevy of elections across the Highland Lakes for selecting school board members, city council members and even deciding major school bonds. The list of elections cuts across almost every municipality and school district. Below is a […]
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Posted in Bertram, Burnet, Burnet County, Cottonwood Shores, Government, Granite Shoals, Llano, Llano County, Marble Falls news, Meadowlakes, News By Town
Posted on 04 April 2014. Tags: Burnet news, Horseshoe Bay news, Marble Falls news, Meadowlakes news
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MEADOWLAKES — While area communities launch into once-a-week mandatory watering restrictions, one lakeside community utilizes more than 200-year-old water rights to set its own water-management plan and avoid restriction edicts from the Lower Colorado River Authority. “We’re kind of unusual to some extent here,” Meadowlakes City Manager Johnnie Thompson said. […]
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Posted in Burnet, Horseshoe Bay, Marble Falls news, Meadowlakes, News By Town
Posted on 03 February 2014. Tags: Meadowlakes news
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MEADOWLAKES — A fireplace apparently caused a blaze at a Meadowlakes residence Feb. 2 that damaged a portion of the home, officials said. Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department crews, along with several other agencies, responded to a report of a house fire in the 300 block of Stewart Street at […]
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Posted on 23 January 2014. Tags: meadowlakes crime, Meadowlakes news
FROM STAFF REPORTS MEADOWLAKES — Authorities say they have recovered items, including a firearm, and identified two suspects in a string of December vehicle burglaries in the gated Meadowlakes community. The case involving two males, described as in their late teens and early 20s, is expected to be presented to the Burnet County attorney’s office […]
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Posted in Crime & Courtrooms, Meadowlakes, News By Town
Posted on 31 December 2013. Tags: flu season
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — This year’s flu season is poised to top the previous two years with the number of cases physicians are treating, but doctors said there are ways people can protect themselves. Get the flu shot, said Dr. Charles Michael Franz, the medical director at Seton Highland Lakes and a family practitioner. […]
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Posted in Bertram, Burnet, Cottonwood Shores, Granite Shoals, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Llano, Marble Falls news, Meadowlakes, News By Town, Sunrise Beach
Posted on 03 December 2013. Tags: Hidden Falls Golf Club, Meadowlakes news
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MEADOWLAKES — With an eye toward improving an ailing budget, Hidden Falls Golf Club officials approved monthly payments for “lifetime memberships” established before the city purchased the facility. The city of Meadowlakes acquired the golf facility in 2008, and, at the time, the council chose to honor so-called “lifetime” contractual […]
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Posted in Golf, Meadowlakes, News By Town, Sports
Posted on 04 November 2013. Tags: meadowlakes crime
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MEADOWLAKES — A reckless driver gave Meadowlakes trick-or-treaters a bit of a scare Halloween, but a local constable put an end to the woman’s ride thanks to being in the right spot at the right time. And it wasn’t the first time a member of the woman’s family had tried […]
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Posted on 28 August 2013. Tags: meadowlakes
Work crews finished assembling a 250,000-gallon water-storage tank Aug. 27 on the grounds of Meadowlakes City Hall. Bulldog Steel Products of Clyde is contracting with the city for the construction of the ground-level tank, which is expected to be in operation in November or December. The cost of the entire water-tank project, including installation and […]
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Posted on 15 August 2013. Tags: meadowlakes
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MEADOWLAKES — A lifetime golf club membership agreement with dozens of residents survived another budget cycle after the Meadowlakes City Council voted down by a slim margin an attempt to suspend the program connected to Hidden Falls Golf Course and Country Club, officials say. However, the green-fees waiver for lifetime […]
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Posted on 17 July 2013. Tags: meadowlakes crime
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MEADOWLAKES — After a trip to the veternarian and some tender-loving care, Mary Canipe’s cat Journey appears to be healing from the pellet wound on his back.
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Posted on 24 June 2013. Tags: meadowlakes crime
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — A multi-department investigation including local and federal agencies led to the arrest of a man who allegedly used illegally obtained personal information to make financial wire transfers. Authorities first arrested Carl Wilson Gammon, 59, on June 14 after Burnet County investigators charged him with allegedly possessing and […]
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Posted on 19 June 2013. Tags: meadowlakes crime
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MEADOWLAKES — Burnet County authorities arrested a 59-year-old Meadowlakes man for allegedly possessing and using a 92-year-old widow’s identification and personal information to open several loans.
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Posted in Crime & Courtrooms, Meadowlakes, News By Town