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Husband has nickel-and-dime approach to family finances

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 12:00am

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married for more than 30 years. My husband and I split all bills and everything else. This has worked because, in life, I have always taken care of myself. My issue is his cheap attitude about every little dime. He always makes sure I pay my fair share TO THE PENNY, but when it comes to his reimbursing me, he usually rounds down to the dollar.

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Above, Class of 2023 for LSM are from left, Brooke Spruiell, Heather Demere and Tiffany Harris; below, guests come into the event at the Price Center.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet

Top, Easton Spruiell, left, and Chelsea Roberts assist during the Leadership San Marcos event Friday to kick off the LSM's latest fundraising project; below, left, one of the locks is up for auction and right, the poster detailing the Love Lock SMTX project organized by the three members of the Class of 2023.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet

LOVE LOCK SMTX

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

Leadership class of 2023 starts fundraising for its community project

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Crestwood Center will remain open

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

The Crestwood Center and the separate business adjacent to it, Ranch Road 12 Self Storage, have a tentative green light to stay in operation following mediated negotiations with the city of San Marcos’ Neighborhood Enhancement, which produced a working agreement on the construction of wastewater and sewer repairs.

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San Marcos PAGA members from the 1970s, are, Eddie Bazan, second from right, Paul Guerrero, standing second from right, Raymond Lucio, standing third from left; and front row, from left, Herb Sanchez, Richard Garza and Roy Guerrero; back row, from left, Alex Flores, Herb De La Rosa, Armando Garcia and Bobby Rodriquez.
Photo provided by San Marcos PAGA

San Marcos Pan American Golf Association turns 50

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

For five decades, a local sports organization has promoted the joy of playing golf with the dual purpose of contributing to the community by way of that passion.

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The Texas Department of Transportation and Hays County officials cut the ribbon to open the FM 2001 West realignment project's highway improvements to the public.
Photo provided by TXDOT

County, TxDOT celebrate FM 2001 realignment

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

The Texas Department of Transportation and officials from Hays County came together Thursday to cut the ribbon on the FM 2001 West Realignment project. This is the first of three projects to improve FM 2001 between I-35 and SH 21. The west project realigned FM 2001 along White Wing Trail from I-35 to just east of CR 118.“Prior to this project, FM 2001 was full of sharp turns.

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Hays-Caldwell Women's Center CEO Melissa Rodriguez will address the San Marcos Rotary on March 29.
Photo provided by San Marcos Rotary Club

Rotary is set to host local women's center CEO at spring meeting

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

The San Marcos Rotary Club is set to meet at noon, March 29.

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3rd Annual Hays Courthouse Easter egg hunt is planned

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

With the arrival of spring, children and families are getting ready for one of the county's most anticipated holiday events.

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SNAP recipients will see cut in food benefits

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

The COVID-19 pandemic changed 69-yearold Longview resident Gary Rogers’ life in one unexpected way. As a SNAP recipient, the amount he received on his Lone Star card to buy groceries rose from a paltry $16 a month to $232, as part of a federal stimulus package.

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Environmental group says Texas fails to hold repeat polluters accountable

Sun, 03/26/2023 - 5:00am

More than 21,000 unexpected pollution releases by Texas companies have released over 400,000 tons of air pollution in Texas from 2016 to 2022, and companies in less than 1% of these cases have been forced by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to find the root cause and take preventive action, according to a new report.