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Take third straight district title Friday night, winning 42-3

BOERNE – Water issues, roadway challenges, infrastructure needs, growth and development all featured high on the list as local officials recently gathered to hear about the state of the city and its future. VIPs packing The Bevy Hotel Boerne to recognize municipal accomplishments and hear about longterm goals ranged from Mayor Tim Handren to Boerne Independent School District trustees.

COMFORT– Just hear those sleigh bells ring ting tingling. It’s that joyful time of year again when The Greater Comfort Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors one of the most popular Christmas extravaganzas in the Texas Hill Country: Christmas in Comfort.

HAPPENINGS

BOERNE — Often divergent viewpoints by members of a countywide transportation committee could have doomed a comprehensive final report before it even began, but ultimately that diversity became an asset, a co-chairman said.

The City of Boerne partnered with Kendall County on the purchase of a new mulch grinder for the county’s brush collection site.

BOERNE — Aidan Vitela, a 28-year-old motorist convicted in the death of a local teenage girl, will finally see time behind bars after the case spent years going back and forth in the state legal system.

STATE OF THE CITY, 2022

BOERNE — Andrew Like only needed a few seconds to turn a car into a deadly weapon when he intentionally drove off Interstate 10 West and killed his mother in a crash, prosecutors said. A Kendall County jury took just a little longer — 30 minutes — to find the 44-year-old man guilty on a charge of murder in the death of Ann Like.

KENDALIA – Five fire departments fought for four hours Tuesday to douse a blaze that left Hillbillyz of Texas a smoking ruin.

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