Rebels outlast Rattlers in high school girls hoop

The Hays Rebels maintained their perfect record in District 17-4A girls basketball Tuesday night, beating San Marcos, 55-46, in the Snake Pit. Hays will play Del Valle Friday night for the district lead.

Newstreamz Video Extra - Central Fire Station Groundbreaking

The San Marcos Fire Department broke ground on a new Central Fire Station Tuesday afternoon. Council members, contractors, fire fighters, and members of the community attended the ceremony that introduced the city to their new fire station.

Newest city groundbreaking to upgrade oldest city department

San Marcos Fire Rescue (SMFR), the city’s oldest department, should move into a brand new central fire station in March 2010. City officials broke ground on the new facility Tuesday.

San Marcos man gets 40 years for sexual assault

A San Marcos man convicted of sexual assault in November received a 40-year sentence from the 207th District Court Monday.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Posted on December 31, 2007 at 11:01 pm • Print • Share

“What we got when we tried it was nothing but hell. No one wanted to change. If you try it, you’re going to catch holy hell too citywide.”

— Businessman and downtown property owner LUPE CARBAJAL. Read the story>>.

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Dianne Wassenich on January 2, 2008 10:32 am
The headline is inflammatory, but the article is quite factual. I don’t understand the disconnect and hope Newstreamz is headed for the high road, not the low road. Prompting conflict is not productive. I believe the use of one commercial dumpster contractor would be very beneficial since the bad placement, lack of graffitti control on dumpsters, rusty and crummy looking dumpsters, and so many trucks cruising the alleys and street is bad for the community and the streets. Graffitti spreads to walls of businesses, houses, fences and damages property values if left on the dumpsters for years, as it is if citizens do not raise cain or paint it out themselves. I’m tired of carrying so many colors of spray paint in my car to deal with so many different colors of dumpsters. TDS runs a tight ship, gives good service to residences, gives back to the community in many ways, and has an environmentally sound landfill San Marcos can be proud to use. The businesses who do not like the idea of one contractor for their dumpsters are prompted by the companies in danger of losing the dumpster contracts, and so they are NOT getting the full story from those who push them to complain. Their costs are very likely to go down with one carrier. We need the facts on all this, and your article makes that point. Thank you for that. I would HOPE that local businesses would want the community to look better and cleaner so that we would be attractive for new business and residents. It is time to look at this, and I appreciate Council looking at this. Dianne Wassenich

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