Barton Bollfrass, like many of us, grew up on the thrills of space travel, moon landings, and shuttle landings. More recently, he has enjoyed the successes of SpaceX, including the Tesla convertible now orbiting the sun at 7 miles per second with a Starman mannequin
Guests enjoyed a cooler-than-usual, overcast morning at the city's annual Memorial Day ceremony, held at the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza in Sun City. Sheriff Robert Chody, Justin Chody, Senator CruzSenator Cruz with the Walker family of Leander and HoustonSheriff Chody with Veteran Services Director Donna
2019 National Main Street Accreditation The City of Georgetown’s Main Street Program has been designated as an accredited Main Street America program for meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its coordinating program partners
A team of three student attorneys from Georgetown won the teen court state competition held in Bedford last month. Linsey Jensen, Taylor Price, and Matthew McCarthy took first place in the final round on April 13 in which they competed against a team from Allen.
The City celebrated the completion of all the recent improvements to the Georgetown Municipal Airport with a ribbon cutting May 31at the Airport Terminal. The most recently completed work includes the rehabilitation of Runway 18-36, the airport’s main north-south runway. Other improvements to the airport include
Representative John Carter (TX-31) announced the winners of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition at a reception celebrating all of the participants in Round Rock campus over the weekend. Noah Hanson from Thrall High School was awarded Best in Show for his artwork entitled “Main Street
Liberty Battalion, the Navy JROTC Unit for Georgetown ISD, announced that four senior cadets were recently selected to receive four-year NROTC scholarships at select universities across the nation. These scholarships provide tuition, room and board, fees, books, uniforms and a monthly cash stipend to young
Each year, GISD campuses select a teacher that embodies the GISD vision and mission. This spring, each GISD campus was invited to select a teacher of the year using the Texas Teacher of the Year guidelines set by the Texas Association of School Administrators. Since
On Saturday, May 25, The Texas House of Representatives and The Texas Senate reached an agreement on the School Finance Reform bill, House Bill 3 (HB3). The agreement came out of the work done by the legislature over the last few sessions, almost a decade of
Just outside historic Georgetown is a nondescript building that is home to something so tremendous and, literally, one-of-a-kind, Georgetown-ians should be saving space on Facebook to brag about it. In that building is Fathom Academy, founded and run by Charles Barton Bollfrass. This trailblazing facility provides