![Homes in a new neighborhood proposed along Ryan Road could be as close to gas wells as these are along Vintage Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Street after the City Council reconsidered its vote and allowed homes as close as 250 feet under certain conditions. DRC](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20131218203647im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20131218-drc_bonniebraegaswell_1_34376256.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/DRC_BONNIEBRAEGASWELL_1_34376256.JPG)
Quiet zone
ARGYLE — It’s difficult to ignore the blaring horns of locomotives that roll through the town of Argyle at various hours each day. The railroad tracks run along U.S. Highway 377, dividing the town into east and west, and homes and businesses sit just a few hundred feet from the tracks.
Remembering JFK
Business Chronicle
2013 Holiday Traditions
![Dallas Crilley and Manny Ortiz head up Singularity Records, which recently released “Vagabond,” the debut recording by Denton band Afro Deezy Axe.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20131218203647im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/incoming/20131214-1215_drc-singularity.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/1215_drc-singularity.JPG)
Singular vision
Trying to track the record labels in Denton is a little like trying to keep track of popcorn kernels springing around in hot oil. Singularity Records incubated over much of this year, and has recently released its first product. Vagabond is an EP from the eclectic Denton four-piece Afro Deezy Axe.
![The future home of Mayday Manufacturing is shown Thursday, Dec. 12, off of Jim Christal Road near Denton Enterprise Airport.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20131218203647im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/incoming/20131214-mayday_building.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/MAYDAY_BUILDING.JPG)
Mayday’s move
Precision. Everything done in the Mayday Manufacturing headquarters in Denton is precise.
![Residents of the Denton State Supported Living Center create ceramic Christmas trees at Impressions Handmade Ceramics on the Square, part of a program to help bring the center into compliance with new standards of care. Federal monitors have been evaluating the center against those standards for three years. DRC](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20131218203647im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20131113-drcdentonschool1.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/DRCDENTONschool1.JPG)
Gains made, but center still falls short
The Denton State Supported Living Center has come up short again in achieving required reforms after three years of federal monitoring. Denton’s center, home to more than 400 people with disabilities, is among those making the most progress of the 13 state centers being monitored by the U.S. Department of Justice, state officials say.