This Week in Your Neighborhood

Posted Thursday, June 9, 2022 10:47 am

MUSIC ENCORE

Music in May in downtown Mineola will have an encore performance on Thursday, June 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the downtown gazebo featuring the music of Swoape from Alba. No charge to attend, and lawn chairs are recommended.

WOOD ARTISANS

The Mineola League of the Arts will host a wood turning and carving show and sale Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the MLOTA building at 200 W. Blair.

HEALTH FAIR

The Wood County Health Advisory Council is sponsoring a free health fair at Gov. Jim Hogg City Park and the Quitman Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Representatives from UT Health East Texas will be available to provide healthcare information and free health screenings. There also will be live entertainment, giveaways, children’s activities, food and local vendors and a chance to win prizes throughout the day.

COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY

Faith Baptist Church in Quitman will host a Community Block Party Saturday, June 11 from 6-8 p.m. on the church parking lot, 405 S. Hart St. The block party is for the whole community to gather for an evening of games, inflatables, cake walk, petting zoo, free grilled hotdogs and more.

GARDEN TOUR

The Fannie Marchman Garden Club will hold its 2nd Annual Garden Tour June 11 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Mineola

Tickets are $10 per person and may be purchased at any home on the tour.

The Callaway-Wisdom Home at 512 Sycamore

Tabitha and Todd Morgan at 316 W. Blair

Dottie Murray at 383 CR 2610

Jeanne Rowland at 370 CR 2311

Bob Wells Nursery at Sorelle Farms at 975 CR 2220.

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.