(New Braunfels, TX) -- It looks like a compromise was reached Monday night on the issue of Mobile Billboards. New Braunfels City Council passed the first reading of some changes to the city's sign ordinance during their meeting Monday night. Those changes state that for the current owners of the mobile billboard trucks here in New Braunfels,...
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January 5, 2011
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- It looks like construction on the New Braunfels ISD's new Middle School project in the Legend's Pond Subdivision could start before the end of this year. After approving 33-million dollars of the 45 million dollar bond that voters gave support to earlier this year, and hiring Contractor Baird Williams Construction for the project, the NBISD is ready to get moving on...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- The New Braunfels Police Officer's Association made a surprise announcement at last night's City Council meeting. The organization of New Braunfels Police officers told Council during the citizen's communication portion of last night's meeting that they would be ramping up efforts as the New Year begins to ask the city for Civil Service status. That means the...
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January 5, 2011
(Comal County, TX) -- Comal County Sheriff's detectives have released the identities of the man and woman found dead from gunshot wounds Sunday afternoon along Purgatory Road. 52-year old Arden Specia-Spencer and 53-year old Mark Spencer were found in a field near a residence in the 29-hundred block of Purgatory Road, about 2 miles down...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A major water main break directly across from the New Braunfels Public Library on Common Street yesterday morning shut down operations at the library and caused traffic to be diverted off of Common Street for most of the day. NBU Communications Manager Gretchen Reuwer tells KGNB that there was a break in the service main...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- During a special ceremony yesterday afternoon, the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce inducted three new members to their Hall of Honor: New Braunfels Mayor Bruce Boyer, longtime businessman Bill Kotylo, and former NBISD Superintendent Ron Reaves. Along with serving two terms as Mayor, Bruce Boyer has been a Chamber...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- During a special meeting yesterday afternoon, New Braunfels City Council got an update on a possible funding source that could mean the FM 306 expansion project could start a lot sooner than expected. That project would extend from I-35 to Hoffman Lane, and would include the railroad overpasses over the two railroad crossings on 306 at Goodwin Lane and Hunter Road....
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January 5, 2011
(Comal County, TX) -- Comal County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the suspicious deaths of a male and female found dead of apparent gunshot wounds yesterday afternoon. The call first came in to 911 dispatchers a little past 5pm from a witness that discovered the two bodies in a field in the 29-hundred block of Purgatory Road, about 2 miles down Purgatory from FM 306. That's where...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A man regarded as a legend in New Braunfels has died. Elliot Knox died this past Friday at the age of 96. Knox came to New Braunfels after graduating from Texas Technical College in 1935 and worked for 40 years at the Mission Valley Mill. Over the years, Knox became a central part of the New Braunfels community, serving as...
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January 5, 2011
(New Braunfels, TX) -- After a major last-minute surge of signups, the Family Life Center here in New Braunfels says that there are now 700 local kids that qualify for help this Christmas, and the Family Life Center is actively seeking sponsors to make sure that no child goes without this Christmas. Over 13-hundred kids have already been sponsored by agencies like Blue and Green Santa, the...
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