Alamo Heights News

On Monday, the eve of Election Day, Bexar County's elections chief gloomily predicted that fewer than one of every 20 registered voters will have cast ballots by the time polls close tonight.

Alamo Heights voters turned out in record numbers on Election Day Tuesday nearly three times the volume than for last year's presidential election handily rejecting a $10.3 million bond referendum for new municipal facilities while passing a measure to lower residential speed limits.

The Alamo Heights Fire Department has officially achieved the second-highest classification to its ISO rating a key emergency preparedness barometer.

Soe Reh and A Lee Naw, both refugees from Myanmar , and Sura Ali, a refugee from Iraq, watch as other schoolchildren walk through their classroom collecting candy during the Culebra Head Start's fall festival.

Get ready for the possibility of sharply higher gas prices in Texas after the 2011 session, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Nelson Lauro, 7, uses a laptop computer to work on his spelling skills at Cambridge Elementary School.

San Antonio City Council is facing a new hurdle as it considers the proposed expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project, as representatives of suburban cities which rely on CPS Energy for power are threatening to attempt to block the measure, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Alamo Heights officials are seeking to recover legal fees incurred from a neighborhood group's failed court action last week against the city that tried to halt distribution of city literature related to the Nov.

Alamo Heights resident Lori Wenzel walks her son a half-mile to his elementary school several times a week despite her concern about the speed of traffic in residential areas.

Alamo Heights voters are being asked to vote on two propositions next month that would lower speed limits on certain residential streets and fund the construction of a $10.3 million city complex to house police, firefighters and other city services.

Castle Hills merchants received an economic boost from Oct. 5-10 during $hop Castle Hills, a promotion designed to encourage patronage of neighborhood stores.

Bill Kiel, who abruptly resigned from City Council Tuesday, has filed a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission against the head of the Alamo Heights Neighborhood Association, alleging non-compliance with election codes in the group's opposition to the city's plans for new facilities.

What was intended as a community meeting to discuss proposed municipal facilities for Alamo Heights last week took on the divisive characteristics of a spirited health care town hall meeting with shouting and bickering over residents' allotted speaking times.

The Alamo may attract millions of Arizona visitors each year, but a little museum in Alamo Heights ranks higher than both of them when it comes to off-the-wall attractions.

John Joseph's guest commentary Oct. 1 contains numerous misrepresentations and inaccuracies.

Against a backdrop of frustration over municipal machinations and divisiveness over an upcoming multimillion-dollar bond issue for new facilities, some Alamo Heights residents have questioned the city's appointment of a husband-and-wife team to key city positions.

Last week's Alamo Heights City Council meeting was bittersweet with the departure of two high-ranking staff members, but tempered with disclosure of a major financial windfall for street improvements.

The seven-square-mile, North Central San Antonio community of Stone Oak is not a separate incorporated city like Hollywood Park or Alamo Heights.

The Cove has a big band doubleheader with the UIW Jazz Ensemble and the Primetime Jazz Orchestra.

The Krayolas with Ragged Hearts, 9 p.m. Friday, October 2, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899 or www.continentalclub.com/ Houston.html. The Krayolas , Continental Club The West Side of San Antonio is where rock and roll met Mexican music courtesy of the Sir Douglas Quintet , whose legacy lives on today in another Alamo City band, the ...