Capital Metro Workers on Strike

As of 3am Thursday morning, the majority of Amalgamated Transit Union 1091 had gone on strike against Capital Metro, and their contractor StarTran, resulting in a dramatic drop in bus service.

"...Road, No. 15-Red River/No. 16-South Fifth, No. 17-Johnson, No. 37-Colony Park, No. 137-Colony Park Flyer, No. 300-Govalle Crosstown, and..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

The East Texas Arboretum in Athens uses flowers and landscaped gardens as a gateway into the rugged beauty of the hardwood forest along Walnut Creek

"...East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society, which maintains the park on the northwest side of town. The woods have..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...lived behind bars in a maximum-security prison in Tennessee Colony, the Jicarilla Apache Indian from Northern New Mexico steadfastly..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

One Holiday, Two Gifts, 100 Years

Dan Welcher's pair of Yuletide operas shows what a difference a century makes

"...to Dennis that he saw children playing in a park and they were all running around like little individual..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Searches for a Feral Cat Fix

Volunteers fight market forces and nature to control stray population

"...The shop is a feral cat colony, one of thousands of locations throughout Central Texas where..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Day Trips

Capt. Day Trips ventures north of the border to magical Victoria, British Columbia

"...at the tip of the island off the British colony's coast. The city of Victoria was incorporated as the..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Donuts (106 West Liberty in Round Rock), and the Colony (16 miles east of the Airport on Highway 71),..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Whistles a Happy Budget Tune

Pain, pain, go away, come again some other day

"...concern. Other winners of last-minute budget largesse include the Parks and Recreation Department's midnight basketball program; the Austin Past..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Schools Across the District

The locations and controversies for the proposed new schools

"...five potential locations – either the southeast, Mueller (north-central), Colony Park (northeast), Oak Hill (southwest), or the Bear Lake..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature

Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir

The Criterion connection, Renoir-style

"...18th-century acting troupe matriarch wreaking havoc on a Spanish colony in Central America. Mostly it resembles a Bob Hope..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels

"...Published by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with assistance from the Texas Department..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...Dukes, Morton was born in 1936 in St. John Colony, a small community in Caldwell Co. between Lockhart and..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Don't Worry, Be Happy:

City Hall's left wing carries the day as the budget season draws to a close

"...support them -- particularly the Turner/Roberts Recreation Center in Colony Park, first promised to the neighbors over 25 years..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Can't Touch This

The budget battles, Round 2: Citizens rally to save community services

"...the Aug. 14 budget hearing on community services -- parks, libraries, health and human services -- must not have..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'The Worst of All Worlds'

"...Parks and Recreation Dept. A $3.5 million cut translates into..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Hyde Park Baptist Church has now officially won its lawsuit against..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...and not worth recording -- someone sits on a park bench and daydreams, another sings at their local church,..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Let the Battles Begin!

The new city budget promises less is less.

"...Futrell's prime cuts -- delaying for two years new parks and libraries approved in the 1998 bond bonanza, including..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Budget 'Highlights' -- the Bad News

The major cuts in the FY2004 proposed city budget.

"...Parks and Libraries..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines

"...and naming the planned (but likely to be delayed) Colony Park Recreation Center for longtime Eastside activists Dorothy Turner..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Budget Blitz

The City Council on Tuesday approved its $1.8 billion budget for fiscal 2003, but not before mollifying some angry citizens and mopping up some of the blood on the floor.

"...disability program. The city may raise the fine for parking in a handicapped spot to make up the lost..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

"...change explore the fishing village of Rockport. A struggling colony of artists works the galleries and shops in the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Windmills play a powerful role both in Texas' past and present.

"...The Windmill Museum in Nederland's Tex Ritter Park is a model of a Dutch windmill with 25-foot..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...grow the same way animals do. Bacteria in a colony keep doubling in a fixed time -- say once..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column

The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever

Like those Christmastime baskets full of cheese logs, summer sausages, miniature jars of jellies, etc., The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever features a diverse little gathering of tasty treats -- in this case, five-minute plays on a common theme -- and it's fun to snack on.

"...who seem hellbent on keeping the likes of Swiss Colony and Harry & David in business. And, similarly, it's..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips

Fritsche's Farm near Giddings is one of several good area options for your Christmas tree shopping.

"...Farm at 21612 Cold Spring Dr. west of Cedar Park off FM 1431 is open weekends 10am-5pm. 267-3539...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Dessau Dispute

"...location. "Some council members clearly want this project in Colony Park," Whellan said. "But Colony Park is not a..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

The city tightens its belt; the road widening that never was

"...before the council -- affordable housing for Raul Alvarez, Colony Park for Beverly Griffith and Danny Thomas, library improvements..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...city departments that are not self-supporting: police, fire, EMS, parks, libraries, planning, and so forth. (Those departments that do..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The city gets into the affordable housing development business, buying land in East Austin for a mixed-use development there.

"...a planned mix of homes, apartments, commercial uses, and park development on 258 acres off Loyola Lane, adjacent to..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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