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A Menorah placed by Beit Messiah of Georgetown, TX is pictured at Founder’s Park  on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.  The congregation’s Lights of Hanukkah will hold events here on December 20th and December 21st beginning at 6p.m. each night.   Seasonal lights are abundant in Downtown Georgetown this year.  Photo by Andy Sharp.

A Menorah placed by Beit Messiah of Georgetown, TX is pictured at Founder’s Park on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. The congregation’s Lights of Hanukkah will hold events here on December 20th and December 21st beginning at 6p.m. each night. Seasonal lights are abundant in Downtown Georgetown this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Georgetown Holiday Lights

 In this photo, from left, are Sun City residents Dianne MacKie, Dee Struble, Beth Neuhalfan, Kristi Rosenfeld, Nina Stancil, Sue Brown and Sam Kelly. Not pictured from the neighborhood group are Joan Jackson and Karen Cooper. Photo courtesy Ron Parks

In this photo, from left, are Sun City residents Dianne MacKie, Dee Struble, Beth Neuhalfan, Kristi Rosenfeld, Nina Stancil, Sue Brown and Sam Kelly. Not pictured from the neighborhood group are Joan Jackson and Karen Cooper. Photo courtesy Ron Parks

A sweet surprise

Sun City Neighborhood 43 Ladies brought holiday cheer to The Georgetown Project’s Holiday Party & Wreath Auction on December 1 by creating a dessert bar.
Shrenik Reddy waits during his Eagle Scout Board of Review December 10.  Photo by Calvin Gray

Shrenik Reddy waits during his Eagle Scout Board of Review December 10. Photo by Calvin Gray

Leander ISD senior is Georgetown troop’s newest Eagle Scout

Shrenik Reddy, a senior at Rouse High School, completed his Eagle Scout Board of Review at Christ Lutheran Church on December 10. He is Troop 405’s 217th Eagle Scout.Shrenik went through the Cub Scout Program and earned his Arrow of Light Award.

Trustees name new GISD elementary campus for early 1900s suffragist

Georgetown ISD’s future elementary school now has a name — Jessie Daniel Ames Elementary School.Trustees selected the name at their December 15 meeting.Ms. Ames was a suffragist and anti-lynching advocate who spent the early 1900s working to improve the lives of underrepresented Williamson County...

Williamson Museum gets $5,000 grant from women’s group

Pam Carlson, President Seeds of Strength, Jackie Bradfute, Visitor Center Coordinator; Tim Todd, Board President; Danelle Houck, Executive Director; Jeremy Harper, Education and Community Outreach Coordinator; David Valdez, Board VP, Laura Packard, Founders’ Grant Chair.

Pump failure causes low water pressure for some Jarrell residents

The Jarrell Schwertner Water Supply Corporation issued a “Leak notice” to its customers and service providers on Wednesday, December 10. The Corporation serves 4,550 people and is based in Jarrell. The general service area is 80,000 acres, located in both Bell and Williamson Counties.
City council approved a new, simpler design that was more affordable on December 9. The design still includes areas where residents can observe the river and landscape. (Courtesy Freese and Nichols)

City council approved a new, simpler design that was more affordable on December 9. The design still includes areas where residents can observe the river and landscape. (Courtesy Freese and Nichols)

Soaring price makes Georgetown change course on pedestrian bridge design

Approved designs for the Austin Avenue pedestrian bridges — which were okayed by Georgetown City Council in the spring of 2024 — will be changed, as the costs for the previously planned truss-inspired bridges have significantly increased due to an underestimation in steel quantities required.

Roundabout: Event listings for December 14, 2025

The Nutcracker in AustinOne of Austin’s favorite holiday traditions — Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker — is back for the winter. The curtain rises at the Long Center December 5 and will run through December 23 for its 63rd annual run.

Georgetown ISD developing plan for struggling schools

Georgetown ISD is working on a plan to help five elementary schools that are struggling in Texas’ school accountability system rankings.In 2025’s school ratings issued by the Texas Education Agency this past August:Williams Elementary received an FFrost Elementary received a DPurl Elementary...
C.S. Belford is the man who shaped Georgetown's early neighborhoods.

C.S. Belford is the man who shaped Georgetown's early neighborhoods.

Belford homes spotlighted in Preservation Georgetown Home Tour

The work of C.S. Belford, a man who shaped the neighborhoods — and look —  of early Georgetown, will be featured in this year’s Preservation Georgetown Home Tour, which runs December 13-14.Charles S. Belford was a builder, businessman and designer.