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Early voting includes 1,500 ballots for school board

Early voting includes 1,500 ballots for school board

Early voting for Tuesday’s general election ended Friday, Oct. 31, with a 7.5% turnout of registered Collin County voters, Elections Administrator Kaleb Breaux said after the polls closed.All Texas voters will decide 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution...

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Social Security Matters

Social Security Matters

Ask Rusty – About difficulty with social security’s sign-in process Dear Rusty: Last month I tried to contact Social Security who never picked up a phone on their end. The same with the IRS. When I finally got through, they said I had to join ID.me before they could...

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Score one for PISD!

Score one for PISD!

Peoples Bank was on hand for Saturday’s basketball games vs. Lovejoy to seal their partnership with Princeton ISD as bank officers presented a check for name signage on district scoreboards, as well as support for PISD. From left, Peoples Bank Branch President Matthew...

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Residents weather winter blast

Residents weather winter blast

What a difference warmer temperatures and sunshine can make when it comes to road conditions. After four days of bitter cold, sleet and rain, Collin County residents thawed Friday, Feb. 3, from the winter storm that paralyzed the region. Schools, businesses and...

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Princeton ISD board call $797M bond election

Princeton ISD board call $797M bond election

Preparing for continued rapid growth, trustees of the Princeton Independent School District will ask voters May 6 to approve $797 million in bonds to build eight new campuses over the next 10 years. Board members took the action Jan. 26 after accepting recommendations...

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New school names to honor Princeton educators

New school names to honor Princeton educators

Princeton ISD board members have approved names for eight new campuses the district plans to build over the next 10 years. Construction of the schools’ hinges on voter approval of a $797 million bond to be considered in a May 6 election. By Bob Wieland To Login to...

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Former Justice of the Peace reflects on careers

Former Justice of the Peace reflects on careers

After serving as a justice of the peace for nearly a decade, a longtime Wylie resident is looking forward to enjoying his retirement. Jerry Shaffer, the namesake of the football stadium near Burnett Junior High School in Wylie, called it quits on his working life at...

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Cities, citizens cope with winter weather woes

Cities, citizens cope with winter weather woes

Schools and government buildings were closed in Princeton, McKinney, Farmersville and throughout Collin County as North Texas was frozen by a winter storm that arrived Monday, Jan. 30. Sleet, snow and freezing rain coated the region, making travel slow and...

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Trustees schedule $797 million bond election

Trustees schedule $797 million bond election

Princeton ISD trustees unanimously approved a May 6 bond election to ask voters for $797 million in bonds to build eight new campuses over the next 10 years.  Board members took the action at their Jan. 26 regular meeting in the PISD Administration Building after...

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