Looking for something to do in the Houston area this weekend? Check out this weekend’s guide. All events are subject to change, and this list is not comprehensive. 10th Annual Concert in the Country Take part in a two-day country music festival hosted by Boots For Troops, a nonprofit organization with programs supporting active duty…
Conroe City Council approved two contracts Oct. 10 to help prepare the new Oscar Johnson Jr. Community Enrichment and Recreation Center for opening—one for a perimeter fence and another for interior furniture. What you need to know Deputy City Administrator Nancy Mikeska said the fence will help protect the building and those using the facility.…
During an Oct. 10 City Council meeting, Conroe city officials said ongoing water plant and well projects are on track, though land acquisition remains one of the city’s challenges. The details Norman McGuire, public works director and assistant city administrator, said Water Plant No. 29 is “much complete” and expected online soon. The well is…
It was a Thursday, and I had just come back from East Montgomery County expecting to make a quick salad, and write up a piece of a new massive D&B style arcade that I found in east county New Caney, but then in my kitchen I got distracted. I saw a flyer from ‘EGGS UP…
It’s been described as a place “where everyone knows your name.” Big Bertha’s Bar and Grill had been a fixture in Walden for 24 years and one month, a place named after a golf club. It was run by a tough naturalized Swedish-Polish immigrant, Krystyna Boyt, self-described as a ‘Polish Princess.’ She knew everyone in…
This week’s Veteran is Eric Chapman, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2005 – 2013. Eric was a Combat Engineer, which is an important position in keeping the infantry, armor, and flying corps on mission. Eric is a West Coast Marine via basic training in San Diego, but went to Camp Lejeune, North…
As the 2026 primary season starts to heat up I’m starting to see some things that disturb me. I know there are factions to every party, and when it comes to Republicans we have ours as well, and that’s fine. I always advocate that if you want someone to vote for you, especially if it’s…
On Thursday, September 25, 2025, Thomas Jefferson Stubbs 2523Conroe Chapter member Eva Rains, traveled to Lufkin, Texas for a funeral and the burial was later in Homer, Texas. After the burial, Mrs. Rains walked thru the Fielder Cemetery looking for headstones belonging to Confederate veterans. Finding many, she only had the one picture made of…
Left to Rt: Bernie Sargent, Marshall Brown, Cindy Dittrich, and Dianne Kebodeaux FOFF BOARD MEMBERS AT “TRAVIS LETTER CEREMONY”, NEXT TO TEXAS HISTORICAL FLAGS PARK!The “Friends of the (Texas) Flags Foundation”, represent the Texas Historical Flag Park of the Texas Revolution, on the hill with the Texian Statue, which is in-between the the Montgomery Main…
The morning of Wednesday, October 8th, will always be a special anniversary in the mind of Sarah Bartholet Gwin, whose family and business had been under fire since July, when a natural gas pipeline company, Blackfin Pipeline, LLC, began construction of a compressor station literally yards from her family’s home furnishings business, located on I-45…