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Students from Melissa Craig’s Dual Credit Theatre Arts class had the opportunity to watch the Broadway Tour of “Mrs. Doubtfire” at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin. Mrs. Craig teaches Dual Credit Acting 1 through Central Texas College at Hamilton High School and students are required to watch a live Theatre Performance during the Fall semester. Through a generous donation from Friends of Hamilton ISD Education Foundation, the students were granted tickets to the matinee performance. Students learned about acting and technical theatre during the professional production and (of course) a critique and review essay will be required.

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Work continues Sept. 30 on replacing the gas pumps, including an overhead awning, at the Allsup’s convenience store on South Rice Street.

ATTENTION ON DECK! Hamilton, we need to discuss the total collapse of our domestic communication infrastructure. I am not talking about the cell towers or the fiber optics; I am talking about the civilian tendency to turn a simple “Roger” into a three-volume novel written in a language that looks like it was encrypted by a caffeinated toddler.

AUSTIN - After more than 42 years, using modem forensic DNA technology and extensive police work, investigators have finally identified the victim of a brutal murder in Hamilton Co. as 44-year-old Betty Jo Norris.

Hamilton Public Library’s Book Club will welcome national bestselling author Katherine Reay via Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. for a discussion of her novel Lizzy and Jane. The community is invited to join the evening of books, conversation and tea.

Halloween on the Square returns to Hamilton the day before Halloween, bringing trick-ortreating, costumes and seasonal stylings back downtown. The Hamilton Historic Main Street Program hosts the free event Oct.