August Giulianelli, 84, loving father, devoted husband and dedicated friend to many, of Buda, Texas, passed away on December 27, 2011 of complications due to emphysema and lung cancer. August was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the only child of Carina and Primo Giulianelli. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a life member of [...]
A project in San Marcos which might have revitalized an old shopping center has fallen apart. City hall claims there were “leaks” in regards to the deal. Mainly, though, when the details of a $5 million interest-free loan from the city to the developers was revealed, existing business owners, area residents and taxpayers put out [...]
I don’t know about anybody else, but I am a bit tired of hearing about Michael Jackson and his recent death. Everywhere I turn, I see news stories about his life and his mysterious death. Newspapers, television, the internet and especially those wonderful magazines at the check-out counters are still running stories about Wacko Jacko, [...]
Upon hearing of Michael Jackson’s death, two pained sensations struck me: The first was sadness over creative brilliance being snuffed. The second was the knowledge that our celebrity construction/deconstruction machine was about to perform up to its usual, um, standards. And what a bravura performance it has been. I know this and I have abided [...]
The Barnabas Connection of the Wimberley United Methodist Church is currently seeking information from customers of Pedernales Electric Company (PEC). Specifically, we are looking for stories that relate to PEC’s response to electricity customers with health issues and/or a demonstrated financial need that may have made paying the electricity bill difficult. Please provide as much [...]
I read with interest each Wednesday and Thursday in our local newspaper about the sites of the new Kyle library. Not once have I ever read a person write a letter to the editor about the condition of the American flag that hangs at the Kyle post office. How ironic what is important to us. [...]
Recently I took issue with county government and I wrote a letter to Commissioner Jeff Barton. In the interests of full disclosure, it ought to be recognized that my father and the commissioner’s grandfather were business partners for many years and the families have been close for generations. However, I have taken issue with the [...]
After nearly two years of drought in Central Texas, we could be headed for floods. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last Thursday that the El Nino weather system is back in the Pacific. El Nino conditions typically bring wetter and cooler weather to Central Texas in the winter months, often in the form [...]
In a brand new Army recruiting station in Buda, Alden Nascimento sat with a recruiter autographing papers as he prepared to join the service. The 29-year-old isn’t your typical recruit. He’s been hit hard by the sagging job market after losing a special education teacher gig in Utah, where schools are being forced to cut [...]
County Court at Law Judge Howard Warner remains in critical condition at Central Texas Medical Center as of Wednesday morning. Warner, a Democrat, held the judgeship for 27 years. Despite battling a cancer relapse, he had told friends that he hoped to serve out the remainder of his seventh consecutive term, which was due to [...]
