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The city's beautification board will hand out supplies for a two-hour park cleanup starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; volunteers meet at the gravel lot at Northpointe Drive and Turner Street.
The district that serves The Colony's schools earned every available point on TEA's FIRST rating for 2025-26 and will discuss the result at a public hearing Monday, Nov. 9.
Denco 9-1-1 says thousands of people have used the text option since 2016, mostly when speaking aloud is unsafe or impossible; officials still ask callers to phone if they can.
Commissioners take up the agreement Tuesday; the county rewrote the bid after rejecting earlier proposals, asking providers how they would reach workers outside Denton, where the only clinic now sits.
Activities start at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; an opening ceremony at 9 a.m. leads into the walk at 9:30, with family activities and a research timeline display on site.
The report going to commissioners Tuesday counts $735,470 newly seized, $94,430 returned and about $161,770 forfeited; the DA's office spent its share on one salary.
Commissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 27, consider replacing the district attorney's 2024 evidence software deal with a 10-year contract that costs $1.2 million more.
The Denton County program, which lets veterans charged with misdemeanors or low-level felonies earn dismissal through treatment, wants two years of Texas Veterans Commission funding starting in September 2027.
Commissioners on Tuesday let the county housing finance corporation hand its 2026 bond allocation to TDHCA, which runs low-rate 30-year loans with down payment and closing cost help.
The Colony Police Department's drop-off at 6053 Main St. runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24; it is free and anonymous, takes pills and capsules, and turns away needles, inhalers and liquids.
The consent item would let city crews keep pouring repairs in-house; a work list names 30 sites in each of three zones and says the worst problems go first, not the first reported.
Denton County's first-day report shows 34,739 people voted in person Monday, and The Colony's lone early voting site ranked behind only four others across the county.
The Board of Adjustment hears the requests Wednesday. One South Colony Boulevard lot would be 62% covered by structures, well past the 40% limit, after two carports went up under a stop-work order.
Monday's state estimate puts the lake at 518.19 feet and 82.6% full, erasing the early-October rise and leaving it lower than at almost any point since fall 2023.
Minutes up for approval Tuesday say the council on Oct. 7 agreed to the sale of Blue Sky's building, assets and operations agreement, and approved a lease and Chapter 380 deal with Palace Parkway, LLC.
The airport's operations chief described drones, an AI call system and a Boston Dynamics robot, and the board approved a Terminal F garage, new taxiways and 28 rental car buses, the Fort Worth Report said.
A staff memo released with Tuesday's agenda lays out the replacement for the 20-year-old splash pad, aims to finish by May and shows the cost fitting a budget built partly on $1.5 million in bond funds.
Denton County commissioners also take up a $1.62 million building purchase on East McKinney Street and a $189,965 payment from Atmos Energy for pipeline work on county land.
The library plans to reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, according to its official calendar.
State figures show 81,757 more registered voters in Denton County than in November 2022, and about 1 in 10 on the suspense list, which does not bar them from voting.
The first-year purchase of $169,607 is on Tuesday's consent agenda; staff say the current vendor's 2025 platform changes prompted a review of public works and parks software.
