This Week in Your Neighborhood

Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2016 1:30 am

• Sampler Week is continuing at Mineola League of the Arts through Friday. Call the league to get in on the classes at 903-569-8877.

• Hot cars, cool treats, live entertainment is on tap for the final Thursday Night Car Cruise at the Quitman Dairy Queen.

• Wood County’s Ebenezer Cemetery Memorial Day meeting will be Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist Church at1420 North Farm-to-Market 14 east of Quitman. The program begins at 10 a.m. The will be a potluck lunch and everyone is welcome.

• Mt. Calvary Church of God in Christ will hold a worship service Saturday from 5-8 p.m. in the pavilion at Jim Hogg City Park and the public is invited.

• On Friday the League of Women Voters of Tyler/Smith County will celebrate the 96th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. The celebration will take place 5 to 8 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library at 210 S. College Street in Tyler.

• High school football begins this Friday. Mineola hosts Van, Quitman visits Big Sandy, Alba-Golden hosts Hawkins and Winnsboro travels to West Rusk. All games are scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m.

Special Olympics returns in style

Thursday, April 11

After a five-year absence, over 150 athletes from Como-Pickton, Cedar Creek and Upshur and Wood Counties competed for special recognition at a state-sanctioned Special Olympics track and field meet at the Quitman High School track field on Friday, April 5.

Two seeking Ward Three city council position

Thursday, April 11

Only one of the three seats up for election on the Mineola City Council this year is being contested. Crystal Arcand has challenged 2-term incumbent Cassandra Sampson for the Ward Three seat. …

Residents on Hwy. 37 north of Mineola petitioning for center turning lane

Thursday, April 11

Residents who live north of Mineola are petitioning the Texas Dept. of Transportation to extend the center turn lane along Hwy. 37.

Property owners given more time to clean up locations in Quitman

Thursday, April 11

Citizens and commissioners came head-to-head at Thursday night’s Quitman Building and Standards Commission meeting. With the tension in the air almost tangible, the board decided after nearly two hours of deliberation...

Eclipsed!

Thursday, April 11

Two predictions surrounding Monday’s total solar eclipse in East Texas largely failed to come true. The clouds were thin to non-existent during the time of totality around 1:40 p.m., and the expected traffic jams did not materialize.

Symphonic band presents Christmas concert

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Come on over to Mineola’s beautiful Historic Select Theater and hear the Lake Country Symphonic Band’s Christmasy “Everything Christmas” concert.

Concerts are Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. and Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Mike Holbrook is back in the director’s seat, so it’s sure to be a fun-filled couple of hours.