Georgetown

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024.  He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024. He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Painting the Town

Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024.  He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees.   Photo by Andy Sharp. 
Cast members perform a dance number  Thursday, February 1, 2024 photo from the Palace's Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me," playing through March 3. Photos by Andy Sharp

Cast members perform a dance number Thursday, February 1, 2024 photo from the Palace's Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me," playing through March 3. Photos by Andy Sharp

"She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown

The Palace Theatre Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown. Photos by Andy Sharp
Members from Rock Springs, Williamson County, Bluebonnet Trails and others from the mental health task force cut a ribbon, opening the new adolescent wing called the Maple Unit. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.

Members from Rock Springs, Williamson County, Bluebonnet Trails and others from the mental health task force cut a ribbon, opening the new adolescent wing called the Maple Unit. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.

Mental health hospital opens youth wing

Rock Springs — a mental health clinic on SE Inner Loop —  held a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, January 31, to celebrate the completion of the new adolescent wing to the facility, known as the Maple Unit.
This building was the former home of the Georgetown HEB before it moved to its current and bigger location. It will now be a Flor & Decor. (Photo by Nicolas Cicale)

This building was the former home of the Georgetown HEB before it moved to its current and bigger location. It will now be a Flor & Decor. (Photo by Nicolas Cicale)

Former H-E-B to turn into Floor & Decor

According to a permit from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the former H-E-B located at 1101 South Interstate-35 Frontage Road in Georgetown will turn into a Floor & Decor.  The project will cost an estimated $7,200,000, with construction starting May 1 and finishing in November.

GISD trustee Jen Mauldin seeking second term

Georgetown ISD trustee Jen Mauldin is wrapping up a three-year board term that began during upheaval brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Her term included hiring a new superintendent and managing academic improvement, enrollment growth and budget woes. She has now filed to serve a second term.

Williamson County nonprofits set for 2024 gala

Hope on the Horizon   The Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center and CASA of Williamson County will host the 2024 Destination: Hope Gala.    The third-annual galla will occur at the Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in Round Rock, on Friday, March 8.
At the January 18 Electric Board meeting, the solution was presented to the board who approved a recommendation of the plan to City Council. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes

At the January 18 Electric Board meeting, the solution was presented to the board who approved a recommendation of the plan to City Council. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes

Georgetown electric to implement buy all/sell all plan for new solar customers

In an effort to more equitably recoup the expenses of the electric department, Georgetown officials are updating the Net Energy Metering program so that solar and non-solar users share the fixed costs of running the electric department.