Ambler News

At a writing panel in Anchorage recently I was my usual self -- in this case not wolfing down muktuk or seeing how many mosquito bites I can get -- but something else I do plenty of: talking disparagingly of being a writer.

Eric J. Shelton/Reporter-News A car passes by a vacant lot in the 800 block of Ambler Avenue on Wednesday.

Does the Ambler Avenue overlay mean that the city would beautify the street with curb mediums with trees like on Pine Street? Then why not extend the Ambler Avenue overlay all the way to Winters Freeway to the west, that way Ambler Avenue can get a much needed facelift.

Abilene Police Department update from Officer George Spindler: Here are some examples of calls answered over the last 24 hoursa Friday morning at about 2:05 a.m., Officers Cory Davis and Jeremy Nell responded to an injured subject call at a residence in the 1600 block of N. Mockingbird Lane.

After much discussion Monday, the Abilene Planning & Zoning Commission voted in favor of rezoning Ambler Avenue into an overlay district similar to the Pine Street Corridor Overlay.