The Van Alstyne Cemetery Association will be meeting, in compliance with its own regulations: Details are: March 17, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at Scoggins Funeral Home, 637 W Van Alstyne Parkway, in Van Alstyne
Reported by Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police Sgt. Steve Hayslip report that during the two-week period ending February, the Van Alstyne Police Department received 246 calls for service. Arrest — Police were called to check on the welfare of a man passed out behind the steering wheel of […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne City Council has three seats up for re-election, along with that place of the mayor. City Clerk Jennifer Gould timely responded to the request for public information on this upcoming, May 1 election. All incumbents filed for re-election, and all are running unopposed. […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne ISD’s Board of Trustees has its three elected members returning unopposed to the Board. The fourth, appointee Beau Williams, has also applied for election, and is challenged for the Board seat by Andy Albertini. Documentation provided by ISD’s Lawanna Merriman, administrative assistant, shows […]
Scott Sean White Builds A Foundation On His Songcraft And His Truth With Debut Album Call It Even being released on April 23 Hear “Dad’s Garage And Mama’s Kitchen” today Note: Scott Sean White will be playing these and many other of his songs at El Patio Escondido, 495 W Van Alstyne Parkway, in Van Alstyne, […]
Report and photo by Mary Jane Farmer During the two-week period between January 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 10, Van Alstyne Police received 376 calls for service, reported Sgt. Steve Hayslip. Sixteen of those calls resulted in offense reports and two in arrests. There were also three wrecks inside Van Alstyne PD jurisdiction, and Van Alstyne […]
Story by Thomas Marlowe The story I’m about to relate here will show my age, but I don’t care. Apparently, over the last several months to a year, a young man by the name of Morgan Wallen has been taking the country music scene by storm, breaking records in streaming and downloading with new music. […]
The BW Stevenson Memorial Singer/Songwriter Competition will be resumed this year (2021), now that Poor David’s Pub can have a “semblance of a live audience” again, announced PDP’s David Card. Named after the late B.W. Stephenson, who played often at Poor David’s Pub in the years before his untimely 1988 death. He was 39 at the time. […]
The Van Alstyne Cemetery Association will be meeting, in compliance with its own regulations: Details are: March 17, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at Scoggins Funeral Home, 637 W Van Alstyne Parkway, in Van Alstyne
Van Alstyne ISD board election information
By Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne ISD’s Board of Trustees has its three elected members returning unopposed to the Board. The fourth, appointee Beau Williams, has also applied for election, and is challenged for the Board seat by Andy Albertini. Documentation provided by ISD’s Lawanna Merriman, administrative assistant, shows […]
Reported by Mary Jane Farmer, Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police Sgt. Steve Hayslip report that during the two-week period ending February, the Van Alstyne Police Department received 246 calls for service. Arrest — Police were called to check on the welfare of a man passed out behind the steering wheel of […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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