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New and improved – Gladewater’s Parks & Recreation board members have sent their first pair of recommendations to council members, and the ideas are set for consideration during the elected officials’ regular meeting Thursday evening. First up is discussion and a vote on a new dog park at Everett Park. Then, council members will consider

City of Gladewater Animal Control Officer Colby Warren is making his rounds regularly to reunite families with their wandering pets, and a new tool at Gladewater City Hall aims to help locals do the same, soonest. Gladewater recently became the second city in East Texas to install a public Community Microchip Scanner in partnership with

Notice of Statement of Activities for Public Comment The City of Gladewater will be accepting public comment regarding the application for the USDA’s Housing Preservation Program (HPG). Public comment will be available from Tuesday, August 19, 2025 to Wednesday, September 3, 2025 online via social media through the City of Gladewater’s Facebook Page which can

  AUSTIN – Fall is upon us and for hunters and anglers that can only mean one thing, it is time to renew hunting and fishing licenses. Before taking the boat out or hitting the field, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers to purchase their new licenses for the 2025-26

Curtailing truancy checks two key boxes for school districts: Get students to class. Get them there on time. “The more they’re at school the more they’re going to learn,” Gladewater ISD Supt. Rae Ann Patty says. Parents, take note: At all grades levels, students are marked ‘Absent’ if they’re late to class by 20 minutes

White Oak ISD trustees voted 7-0 this week to call a bond election Nov. 5, asking voters to approve $1,075,000 – it covers an older bond without a tax rate increase. “In 2015, we had a bond that was on the Maintenance & Operation side somehow,” WOISD Supt. Jack Parker explained. Most bonds are on

The raging fire that destroyed Rivers Recycling in Summer 2024 put a hard pause on area-wide recycling efforts – at long last, with new options shaping up, Republic Services is eager to resume its green initiatives in local communities. That includes Gladewater, of course, where the East Texas waste disposal operation maintains an open-to-the-public recycling

Two developers hope to find a way forward for their proposed ‘package stores’ after council members voted against the projects last month. It’s been several weeks since the elected officials unanimously denied separate Specific Use Permits for Gokarna KC and Sam Patel’s ventures. According to the general consensus July 17, the current five liquor stores