Barrington Place Elementary Students and Staff to Spend 2022-23 School Year at Neighboring Campuses Due to Mold Remediation, Renovations

Following the discovery of non-airborne mold on campus, Fort Bend ISD leaders have announced that Barrington Place Elementary students and staff will spend the 2022-23 school year at neighboring campuses. Remediation work and renovations will be completed in time for students and staff to be back on...

Fort Bend County Fair Parade Entries Open

The Fort Bend County Fair is now taking entries for the 2022 kick-off parade. The iconic parade will officially kick off the 86th Annual Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo on Friday, September 23rd at 9 am. The 2022 Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo’s 10-day fair run will be from September 23rd to October...

At One With Me is Never Boring

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I like being alone. Being by myself for brief or extended periods of time has never bothered me. In fact, it’s something I rather enjoy. After all, I have a multitude of thoughts, ideas, revelations and random epiphanies to entertain me. They are just there in my little...

Libraries Seek Photos, Memories for 75th Anniversary Celebration

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Fort Bend County library system, and preparations have begun for a county-wide celebration to mark the historic occasion! Special events and activities are being planned in salute to the advances achieved by the library system, and to the communities that made it...

On the Road Again . . .

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher When I went West this summer, I knew that I was going to be gone for a minute. I literally loaded up like the Beverly Hillbillies and took every accoutrement I thought I might possibly need for the foreseeable future and took off. It was a lot. Two weeks into my Western...

Breaking Barriers

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Recently, Mr. Kaminski has begun using adjectives in reference to me in particular states that I suspect are less than precious. Albeit these occurrences are both rare and random and typically happen on the fly, his verbal observations have given me pause. Now understand...