Last week’s public meeting on the discharge permit application for the new City of Blanco wastewater treatment plant, held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) sparked much discussion around town.
The Blanco County News has covered the project dating before the May 2016 meeting when the Blanco City Council approved initial steps toward building a new WWTP.
The Old Ironhorse Saloon will be celebrating it’s one-year anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 8, complete with drink specials, live music and a food truck.
“These plans are actually a little low key, compared to what I have planned for the years to come,” a very pregnant Nikki Forsberg, owner and operator said.
The Texas Historic Commission (THC) recently designated Peyton Cemetery as a Historic Texas Cemetery. The distinction means the cemetery has been legally recorded through the THC’s Cemetery Preservation Program, an important step in ensuring its preservation.
The designation is reserved for cemeteries that are at least 50 years old and documented through the Historic Texas Cemetery designation process to record their historic association and significance.
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Emergency crews were dispatched at 8:48 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in response to an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a pick-up truck colliding with the Rain Bird Gallery at 103 Main St./U.S. Hwy., which left the highway closed for nearly 12 hours.
Chief Michael Ritchey said that a pick-up truck stopped in the center turn-lane waiting to turn left was rear ended by a tractor-trailer carrying 8,700 gallons of fuel that failed to maintain his lane.
Rough Diamond Brewery celebrated its grand opening Saturday, Aug. 25 with an afternoon of live music food trucks Old 300 and Goldstone Pizza, along with several varieties of beer on tap.
“We had 250 to 300 people at the grand opening,” Costa Synodinos said. “There were two bands, JR Herrera and Rockey.
More than 150 people were at the Old Blanco County Courthouse Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) public hearing on an increased discharge permit request from the city of Blanco. The first phase of the permit represents 225,000 gallons of treated discharged wastewater per day, associated with the new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) under construction and nearly complete at 289 Waters Edge Rd.
Pink Tractor Farms, just north of Blanco on U.S. Hwy. 281, is not easily missed by its trademark pink tractor near the entrance to its produce stand. Ashley Schnelle, with the Schnelle family, bought the business three years ago. Together they have brought treasures of locally grown and Texas-based foods and natural products to Blanco County.
The pink tractor has a unique story.
Tucked away, just off the road behind a cedar log fence, sits what appears to be a country residence shaded by a huge sycamore tree. This is the home for Black Board Bar B Q. Jo Irizarry and Jake Gandolfo, chef owners, have created a unique menu that has something for everyone.
