Need to catch up on Community Impact’s coverage from this week? Check out five trending stories in the Greater Houston area from April 27-May 1. 1. Conroe ISD decentralizing its special education program At its April 21 regular board meeting, the Conroe ISD board of trustees adopted a new plan, dubbed the “homecoming plan,” to…
Montgomery City Council got a closer look April 28 at two long-running city efforts: a rewrite of the city’s development rules and the next step for the future municipal complex. Council heard a presentation from Bret Keast of Kendig Keast Collaborative on the city’s unified development ordinance, or UDO, and later voted to select Tellepsen…
Camp Mystic, the Texas Hill Country camp where 28 people died in catastrophic flooding last summer, announced April 30 that it will not welcome campers this summer. The decision comes nearly 10 months after 25 young campers, two teenage counselors and the camp’s executive director, Dick Eastland, died as the Guadalupe River camp flooded July…
CONROE, TX — The City of Conroe is proud to announce that Janeen McSwain has been named the 2025 Employee of the Year. Award recipients were formally recognized during the City’s Employee Appreciation Luncheon held on Thursday, April 30, at the Public Works Training Center. Janeen joined the City in 2019 as an Administrative Specialist…
“Fences,” now on stage at Houston’s Alley Theatre, has been astounding audiences, critics and prize-givers ever since 1985, when the lights fist came up on Troy Maxson’s dirt yard and the porch of his inner-city Pittsburg two-story house. It insured that James Earl Jones would be remembered for more than Darth Vadar’s voice,…
From fried rice plates to eggs Benedict, check out six dining updates across the Greater Houston area, as reported by Community Impact. Impacts of the week Hibachi Hero now offering fast-food Asian cuisine in Cy-Fair Hibachi Hero offers a variety of appetizers, including spicy garlic edamame, pan-fried poke gyoza and crab wanton rangoons. The eatery…
Animal Farm Rated PG for thematic elements, language, some action/violence and rude humorRotten Tomatoes Score: 28% at time of writingIn TheatersI have to admit that this one is a little perplexing. The immensely talented Andy Serkis (Gollum from Lord of the Rings) directs this animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic story about what happens when…
One of the biggest wine events in the state of Texas is coming with Wine & Food Week in The Woodlands! Reserve June 1-7 for an outstanding week of wine and food events in The Woodlands. If you are a wine lover, a foodie, or both, this event is the not to be missed! Fan favorites…
For Montgomery County fans of serious theater, your time has come! But don’t be scared off by that word “serious,” because while Jean Ciampi’s delightful play, POTATO GUMBO, touches on many universally important themes, it is also full of enough gentle fun and warmly comic wit to make it a very joyful journey. Now Playing…
On May 2, voters around Conroe and Montgomery can head to the polls to cast their ballots. Ahead of election day, here’s what voters should know. The overview On election day, voters in Montgomery County must vote at their designated precincts. Visit https://elections.mctx.org to see polling locations. According to the Texas Secretary of State’s office,…