Education Briefs: Alamo Colleges, NEISD offer special tributes; NISD students build, gift tiny home to local veteran

By Edmond Ortiz This edition of Education Briefs features a family honored in the Alamo Colleges District, a North East ISD school memorializing a late student, and Northside ISD construction students gifting a hand-built home to a veteran. Alamo Colleges District  A building at the Alamo Colleges District’s headquarters now bears the name of a…

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Light Bites (May 9): River North to add bar; Boerne, Schertz, north San Antonio welcome new eateries; South Side Cuban spot makes changes

By Edmond Ortiz The Mother’s Day weekend edition of Light Bites highlights five restaurants that are now open in the San Antonio area or are coming soon.  Also, two bars are making moves near downtown and on the Northeast Side, a near shuttered near-West Side seafood eatery is returning, and a South Side restaurant announces…

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Business Briefs: Board game hub opens in New Braunfels; YMCA offers open house at Morgan’s Sports

By Edmond Ortiz This round of Business Briefs features the opening of a board gaming bar in New Braunfels, the launch of a new Windcrest-area thrift store, the debut of a multisports complex in Converse, and an open house at an all-inclusive/adaptive sports facility in northeast San Antonio. Plus, San Antonio is getting another multi-sports…

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Transit Tracker: Universal City addresses road repair, safety issues; new permanent Loop 1604 closure begins

By Edmond Ortiz Universal City officials are tackling an array of issues meant to advance improvement of the town’s infrastructure, and the safety of motorists. Meanwhile, contractors handling the Loop 1604 expansion project recently introduced a new permanent road closure, and crews are looking to put final touches on DeZavala Road upgrades in Shavano Park….

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School district elections: SCUCISD bond approved; Alamo Colleges race goes to runoff

By Edmond Ortiz Six San Antonio-area school districts held contested board elections May 2, and victory was declared in all but one race, which heads to a June runoff election. Meanwhile, voters in a Northeast Side suburban school district approved a bond package there. Alamo Colleges District District 9 will have new representation as trustee…

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Methodist Healthcare widens service in Medina Valley, launches midwifery clinic near downtown

By Edmond Ortiz Officials with Methodist Healthcare ended the month of April with two milestone events meant to expand healthcare access for Medina Valley-area residents, and advance midwifery.  Medina Valley emergency room Leaders from Methodist Healthcare gathered April 30 to celebrate the groundbreaking of Methodist ER | Medina Valley, a free-standing emergency room designed to…

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San Antonio-area voters to cast ballots in May 2 city council, school board elections; early voting starts in special Schertz election

By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio-area voters are heading to the polls May 2 to determine the outcome of city council races in 12 cities, and school board contests in six school districts. Meanwhile, Schertz voters are casting ballots to settle a special Schertz City Council election. Prepare for May 2 elections Candidates participating in local…

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