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Historic

Thu, 10/01/2020 - 12:00am

The present met the past Friday when the City of Rockdale performed sewer main repairs in the 400 block of West Bell in front of what is arguably the most historic home in town. The three-story house was the home of H. C. Meyer, mayor of Rockdale in the early part of the 20th Century. The house was the site of the first locally-generated news photo in The Reporter—the first World War I draft call—in 1917. It also served as a haven for neighbors fleeing their homes in the 1936 Ham Branch Flood.

The numbers

Thu, 09/24/2020 - 12:00am

Milam County Judge Steve Young has recently included in some of his daily updates of the county’s COVID-19 numbers a warning for residents not to see the continuing avalanche of numbers as “just numbers” and not feel the human toll behind them.

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Milam County is doing well with grants

Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:00am

A grant is money that is made available to local government from our state and federal governments for a specific purpose. Once the money is made available, local government must go through a lengthy written application and qualifying process. If approved a “match” is required, meaning the applying entity must put up some percentage of the grant amount, which can be an “in kind” (some service) or actual money.

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