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Get your kicks

Get your kicks

Columnist John Moore (right) and his sister, Renee', are pictured on a 1966 trip to Carlsbad Caverns. Photo: Mary Moore By John Moore | TheCountryWriter.com Leaving Ashdown, Arkansas, was an event unto itself. When your family has one car, going anywhere was a treat....

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The $500 egg: backyard hens slow to pay off

The $500 egg: backyard hens slow to pay off

Although backyard chickens have no problem eating off the ground, feed bowls make it easier to measure out portions. Millie, a black-and-white Barred Plymouth Rock, noshes with Shadow, a Black Australorp, and Buffy, a Buff Orpington. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald...

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City lists legislative priorities in Austin

City lists legislative priorities in Austin

The city of Princeton is asking residents to contact their state representatives in support of a bill pending in the Texas House.  An email from the city’s marketing department said House Bill (HB) 3299 could impact Princeton and was signed on behalf of the...

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Auditors may review community center renovation

Auditors may review community center renovation

Accounting firms are being asked to bid on a proposal for a forensic audit of expenditures involving the Steve & Judy Deffibaugh Community Center.  The Princeton City Council, which last month discussed concerns about the transactions, agreed Monday, March...

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McKinney Airport expansion continues

McKinney Airport expansion continues

Work is expected to begin this spring on a $72 million expansion of McKinney National Airport allowing commercial passenger service by late next year. “We continue to work toward a May 2025 groundbreaking,” Ken Carley, the airport director, said Friday, March 7. The...

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City denies allegations by Sicily Lagoon developer

City denies allegations by Sicily Lagoon developer

Houses continue to sell in the Sicily Laguna community even though the lagoon has not been completed. John Kanelis/Princeton Herald The developer of the Sicily Lagoon project has won a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the city of Princeton’s attempt to...

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How to vote for a write-in candidate

How to vote for a write-in candidate

Even though the filing deadline has ended for candidates seeking a seat on the Collin College Board of Trustees to get on the Saturday, May 3, general election ballot, there remains the option for write-in candidates to seek election. Collin County Elections...

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Most students receive measles vaccine

Most students receive measles vaccine

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reports 94.35% of Texas kindergarteners were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella as of the 2023-24 school year, with 93.31% of Collin County kids having received the vaccines. As of Monday, March 3, the...

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Congressman faced Trump, DOGE critics

Congressman faced Trump, DOGE critics

Demonstrators wave Ukrainian and American flags during a protest outside Rep. Keith Self’s town hall meeting at Collin College Wylie campus Saturday, March 1. Bob Wieland/C&S Media About two dozen demonstrators greeted 3rd District Congressman Keith Self at a town...

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