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The Hamilton ISD announced Wednesday it will operate the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 20242025 school year. Schools qualifying to operate CEP serve breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge and eliminate the collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price, and paid student meals. This approach reduces burdens for both families and school administrators and helps ensure that students receive nutritious meals.

Healthy Aging Month Fruits & Veggies Month

First, I would like to address the concerns of a citizen with whom I met. I didn’t have all the answers to his questions before my deadline to submit my Notes from the Mayor so they would be in last week’s Hamilton Herald.

Paralyzed and partially blind, Temple Lea Houston spent his forty-fifth birthday on Aug. 12, 1905 waiting for death to put an end to his suffering.

Dear Mr. Mayor Buchanan I entered your office at the EDC week before last and asked to talk about some concerns about a stop sign that needs to be installed at the intersection in front of my house. I have seen several near misses there, also I asked about the lack of speed limit signs in town. But the biggest question I had was for him to find out when if even we were going to pay off the water meters, seems like we have been paying on them for such a long time, $5.75 a month added to the water bill.

WANTED: Lifelong friend who knows all about me, still loves me and doesn’t plan to die any time soon.

I hate to be a fortune teller and I hate to say I told you so, but solar developers never fail to let me down when it comes to the grift! Your solar benefactor, Grizzly Ridge has been a shining example of the moves these companies take to deprive local communities and taxing entities of as much tax benefits as possible from their industrial presence in the county.

Texas State Technical College is among the best two-year colleges for nursing in the state, according to Niche.com. The website based its rankings on analysis of statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and student reviews.

My name is Frank Hinton, and I have only lived in Hamilton County for 22 years. Prior to that I worked for the State of Texas in highway construction for 30 years.