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Rain fails to dampen Old Time Saturday

Rain fails to dampen Old Time Saturday

Farmerettes senior captain Harmoni Williams waits in the rain with her squad on Farmersville Parkway for the start of the 46th annual Old Time Saturday parade Saturday, Oct. 3. Ian McVea/The Farmersville Times Farmersville’s 46th annual Old Time Saturday celebration...

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Hard work pays off for top two

Hard work pays off for top two

How do two young women – who have been best friends since kindergarten — and who finished first and second in their high school graduating class feel about competing against each other for the honor of being named valedictorian? If you ask Kate Rich and Sabrina...

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It’s a home run for home rule

It’s a home run for home rule

Farmersville voters, apparently believing it is time for their city to take the next step toward municipal adulthood, said “yes” to a request on Saturday to create a home rule charter that City Hall will use to govern its affairs while also endorsing the re-election...

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TxDOT reveals plans to ‘keep it movin’

TxDOT reveals plans to ‘keep it movin’

One day – and Texas transportation planners can’t yet say when that will occur – motorists traveling between Denton and Greenville will be able to avoid traffic lights, stop signs and other assorted hassles on U.S. Highway 380 by traveling along bypass routes around...

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City cleans up concession stand

City cleans up concession stand

Farmersville’s J.W. Spain Complex concession stand, after months of work and a bit of angst, is “almost done,” City Manager Ben White informed city council, which moved quickly through its brief public agenda at its April 26 meeting. “The concession stand is being...

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Early voting; home rule charter to be decided

Early voting; home rule charter to be decided

Early voting kicked off this week and Farmersville voters will decide not only on the mayoral election, reelecting Mayor Bryon Wiebold, or newcomer Denise Kelly, but how the city will be governed in the future. On the city election ballot is a proposed home rule...

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Bid waiting game continues for FISD

Bid waiting game continues for FISD

The Farmersville Independent School District Board of Trustees might soon be getting a report on plans to start spending the $65 million that FISD voters approved in a bond issue election in May 2021. The report might come at the board’s next regular meeting from...

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Main Street, grants for projects discussed

Main Street, grants for projects discussed

Doris M. Cooks has resigned from the Farmersville Main Street advisory board, with city council accepting her resignation, effective immediately, at its most recent regular meeting. The council accepted her resignation on Tuesday, April 12 after showering Cooks with...

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