A new garden called the Heartwood Native Garden at Montgomery’s Memory Park is underway thanks to a community effort among volunteers of the local Heartwood Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program and the Rotary Club of Lake Conroe Foundation in partnership with the City of Montgomery. The Heartwood Native Garden at Montgomery Memory Park…
It’s 48 years and more love is on the way. When a New Jersey physical therapist by the name of Paul Bonarrigo met Merrill from Bryan, a long passionate relationship began. By accident, this newly married couple discovered grape-growing and winemaking can be done in Texas. As pioneers in the Texas wine industry, they moved forward…
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Rated PG-13 for some language, action/violenceRotten Tomatoes Score: 86%In Theaters In this fourth attempt to bring a big-budget Fantastic Four to theaters, Marvel itself is giving it a go, within the MCU, with a new cast and fresh vision. This time out we get Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby…
Agatha Christie’s works translated to the stage tend to slip into parody as if the worlds and people she creates in her fiction, when put under a theatre’s bright lights, melt into cartoonish figures existing safely only on the page. But strong adaptations and productions of her work acknowledge her ability to precisely peg human…
Country music fans and community champions, mark your calendars for the Good Day Fest 2025. The event is coming to Montgomery County Fairgrounds Aug. 2, with headlining performances by Jesse Raub Jr., Sundance Head, and the Chad Cooke Band. But this isn’t just a music festival — it’s a mission in motion. Hosted by the newly formed Raub…
Conroe’s Incredible Pizza Co. is celebrating 20 years of family fun in the city with a drone show and other events in early August. The venue opened in 2005 on Conroe’s South Loop 336 with a pizza, pasta and salad buffet, fun-themed dining rooms, games and prizes, mini golf, bowling, laser tag, go karts and…
The Conroe Noon Lions Club kicked off this week’s meeting by honoring our ‘Lions of the Month’ for May and June.  A heartfelt thank you goes to Steve Davis for his dedicated efforts at the Texas Lions Camp – Work Weekend and to Geren Sims for his hard work during our annual Golf Tournament.  We also…
This year’s Rotary International Convention was held in Calgary Alberta. The convention was a more intimate affair, with only 15,000-plus participants instead of the 30,000ish who attended the convention in Singapore in 2024. Calgary itself, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and a gateway to the incredible Banff National Park, is a beautiful city.…
Wow, wow and hubba hubba! The response to our request for donations for our Heroes in Hawaiian Shirts (www.hawaiianshirtsfordeployedsoldiers.org) has been so heartwarming. Last week at GuadalaHarry’s, before we had even completed the setup of our collection area – a Christmas sleigh! – the first shirt was donated. Thank you so much handsome bartender! We’ve become…
The Texas Hill Country is being rained on again for the second straight weekend. Wineries and wine events are focusing on the rescue and the recovery of those who have been impacted by two weekends of floods. Wineries are providing profits for the recovery phase. The Texas Wine Preview next week is donating all of…