No change in county tax rate for third year

This is the time of year when local government is required to set a tax rate and budget for the following year. There are specific guidelines that must be adhered to for adopting a tax rate and putting a budget in place in order that the public has full access to both.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... Pat Neff routed Joe Bailey in the hotly-contested Democratic Gubernatorial Primary. Neff carried Milam County 2,018-868 and swamped Baily in Rockdale 204-74.

It has begun

For the first time in about 70 years someone is actually doing some long-term work on Rockdale’s obsolete water and sewer systems.

A trip down memory lane through music

Do you remember the music from your very young years? Not children’s music, but adult music. I can, and I feel like it has informed the music I like to listen to now. When I was very young Mom and Dad had lots of records and I can remember all of them.

Not just viruses can cancel our events

Of course with our minds fixed on you-know-what, it’s difficult to reflect back on the way things were B.C. You know, Before COVID. Prior to the virus becoming the all-encompassing event it has, do you remember what was a major news/ sports story? The Houston Astros baning on garbage can lids.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... Final touches were being made to the new Ladies Ready-To-Wear Department at the Ben Loewenstein Jr. Store. The new department featured mahogany trim and hardwood floors. The Thursday Garden Club observed its sixth birthday at the home of Mrs.

No-Knead Crusty White Bread

I keep seeing this recipe going around from the King Arthur Baking Co. and it looks so easy I think even I can make it. And Lord knows I love some crusty bread. For so few ingredients there are a lot of instructions.

Going to school

Standing on the front steps 0f Rockdale High School at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, two things were obvious, simultaneously. This looked just like the first day of school. This didn’t look a thing like the first day of school. That sounds odd, but the odd is the normal in this topsy-turvy year of 2020.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

2015 column brought memories of ‘Fate’ Dear editor, This is in reference to a column I read in the commentary section of The Rockdale Reporter. It was dated Oct. 8, 2015 in the Editor’s Corner by Mike Brown. I knew Fate Arnwine (occasional Reporter columnist). He probably would not remember me.

Now for something completely different

A fun new contest is headed our way and it’s something we can all get behind. The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a new contest “The Best of Rockdale 2020.” There are 51 different categories of business we can all vote on to see who our favorites are.