Robson Ranch

Robson Ranch in Denton TX is a resort community for active adults to retire. Voted one of the top 100 Best Master Planned Communities in the country by Where To Retire magazine, it includes a variety of high quality amenities in a luxurious yet affordable country club lifestyle.

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Denton Animal Shelter Approved

The city of Denton is a step closer to getting a new animal shelter. City council members informally approved plans to buy a 20-acre tract next to North Lakes Park. Supporters want to build a 22,000 square-foot facility, which is three times larger than the current shelter. The new facility would help the city meet future demand and allow for more animal adoptions.

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20th Annual Denton Holiday Lighting Ceremony

The Denton Holiday Lighting Ceremony of 2008 kicked off the holidays in cold weather style. "For many Denton residents, the festival represents the true start to the Christmas season. Started as a modest gathering in 1988, the event has matured into a holiday ritual, drawing ever-larger crowds to the Square for music, children’s crafts, horse-drawn carriage rides and pictures with Santa. The all-volunteer, nonprofit Denton Holiday Festival Association works all year to stage the event on the Thursday after Thanksgiving."

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Denton County: Democrats, Republicans agree on paper ballots

October 15, 2008

The leaders of both Denton County political parties are united in their preference for paper ballots in the upcoming Presidential election, according to a joint statement released this week.

Neil Durrance, chairman of the Democrats, and Dianne Edmondson, the Republican chairman, are urging voters to choose a paper ballot when they vote to assure that their vote will count. “Our citizens face many troubling and complex issues these days. Whether or not your vote counts, should not be one of them,” Durrance says.

Edmondson agrees, pointing out that in the event of a recount due to a close race, or for any reason, “The paper ballot provides the physical and tangible proof necessary to assure that each vote counts and the will of the people at the ballot box is carried out.”'

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Toll road agency votes to borrow $100 million from Bank of America

October 13

by Michael A. Lindenberger

The North Texas Tollway Authority's board of directors voted unanimously this morning to borrow $100 million as the agency scrambles to retire the last $225 million in short-term debt used to finance its 2007 purchase of the State Highway 121 toll road contract.

The loan from Bank of America -- one of the few financial giants to have so far emerged unscathed from the Wall Street crisis -- is designed to help NTTA whittle away at a debt it must retire by Nov. 19, when a 12-month deadline expires on "bond anticipation notes" the agency took out to pay for the State Highway 121 toll road contract.

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Middle school’s state rating moves up

October 16

Aubrey Superintendent James Monaco announced Wed­nes­day that state accountability ratings for the school district’s middle school will be elevated from “recognized” to “exemplary” due to an appeal granted by the Texas Education Agency.

On Aug. 14, the district requested that TEA recalculate and adjust the accountability rating for the school. The district stated in its letter that an economically disadvantaged student’s writing results should not be counted in the accountability ratings determination with other Aubrey Middle School students because the pupil tested in another district.

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Fountain rejuvenated

October 16, 2008

By Lowell Brown

Denton city leaders and Rotary Club members will gather today behind City Hall to dedicate a newly refurbished fountain.

The once-idle fountain got a nearly $30,000 makeover, thanks in part to a $15,000 donation from the Denton South Rotary Club. The Rotary Memorial Fountain now features a granite monument dedicated to three deceased club leaders: Brandon Barnes, Glenn Puyear and Howard Stone.

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