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After several residents have come forward during a range of public meetings calling for a halt on development in the city, Boerne city officials said there simply is no legal grounds to do so.

The Asian or Lunar New Year, which gets underway February 1, was celebrated in style on Saturday morning at the Patrick Heath Public Library as a traditional dragon dance and the Chinese Culture Performance Association of San Antonio enterained a welcoming audience. The dragon dance was led by members of the Boerne chapter of the Young Men’s Service League and the Boerne chapter of the National Charity League as they paraded the celebratory dragon around the library and city hall property, including along Main Street, before heading inside the library to the Community Room. The Asian dancers performed three routines for attendees, all featuring elegant costumes and movements. Star photos by Keith E. Domke

The Boerne Independent School District announced it has put emergency pay rates in place for all substitute teachers and auxiliary employees, effective immediately.

The incubator program – now known as Das Greenhaus – officially has a place to call home after the Boerne City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement last week.

Voters who go to the polls for municipal and school board elections on May 7 will also be asked to decide on two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

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Boerne ISD trustees, administrators, the 80 or so members of the district’s Long-Range Steering Committee and others involved in the education of BISD students undoubtedly have circled Saturday, May 7, on their calendars.

Patrick Heath Public Library Youth Department Librarian Constance Keremes, second photo, dressed the part as she put together a special January storytime at the Cibolo Nature Center last Saturday, January 22. Dressed as a snowman, Keremes read a book appropriate for the season and occasion to those in attendance and led them through some games and activities.

A 37-year-old Comfort resident, Joseph Allen Nezat Jr., was sentenced to 29 years in state prison Tuesday afternoon for distributing what the judge called the nation’s true pandemic: methamphetamine.

The countywide transportation committee has begun outlining the next six months of work as it nears its projected June completion date.

A 20-year-old Louisiana resident, Tyreion Arceneaux, was extradited to Lafayette, Louisiana, from the Kendall County Jail last week for several warrants out of the state, including an attempted murder charge.

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