Farmersville senior Levi McAbee makes a diving catch during a recent home game against Community. Photo by Victor Tapia / C&S Media By David Wolman [email protected] For the past five years, Farmersville senior Mason Day has been competing in robotics. One...
John Moore’s genuine Scouting pocketknife. Courtesy John Moore I learned a lot from Scouting. Started as a Cub Scout, then joined Webelos, then the Boy Scouts. Girls and making money took priority over my time around age 14, so I never made Eagle Scout....
All the spring and summer budget planning came to a closure on Monday, Aug. 26 as trustees unanimously approved the 2024 tax rate. The proposed rate and accompanying resolution were presented by Anna Baker, the district’s chief financial officer/assistant...
If you keep up with the city’s budget process, including the setting of a tax rate, you probably have heard of a couple of tax rate terms. One is “no-new-revenue” and the other is “voter-approval”. In a bid to help the public better understand property tax...
The city of Farmersville is expected to adopt a property tax rate for the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) at its Sept. 16 regular council meeting. The rate is lower than last year’s but will raise more tax revenue. The proposed tax rate of $0.676773 per $100 of assessed...
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has announced a proposal to construct a new segment of US 380, extending from FM 1827 to CR 560 through McKinney, Princeton and Farmersville in Collin County. The project will include a new, controlled-access freeway and...
Farmersville city councilmembers have been busy lately with regular meetings two weeks in a row as they adapt to the new format to meet the first and third Mondays of each month, a change from the previous second and fourth Tuesday regular council meetings....
Work is underway at the J.W. Spain Athletic Complex. Improvements are being made to water drainage around the bullpen areas and new sod will be installed on the fields. Hoping for cooler weather on the horizon, Farmersville City Council announced the dates of two...
Farmersville school board members conducted business in a timely manner at the special-called meeting held Thursday, Aug. 8. Only two agenda items were under consideration and handled quickly within the 8-minute timeframe. Trustees unanimously approved the sale and...
