Water Use Restriction

During the next eight weeks, the City of Rockdale will be taking the Mill St Ground Storage Tank, the Mill St Elevated Tower and the Mill St Water Treatment Plant offline for badly needed maintenance and repair.

Cameron’s Christmas Festival and Parade

Thursday December 1st -- Cameron's Christmas Festival and Parade! Our theme this year is "Musical Notes and Holiday Floats." Festivities kick off in our historic downtown square at 5:00 PM with music, food trucks, wine wagons, craft beer, arts, and crafts, and more.

QUICK LOOK

Christmas events coming December 3rd Don’t miss Breakfast with Santa at the Patterson Center from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. McDonald’s is providing pancakes, milk and juice. Arts and crafts projects are included in the $5 tickets.

‘It won’t be pretty’

As most Rockdalians know, the decision to fix the city’s water issues was approved by the city council last year. This is an enormous undertaking, and the project was kicked down the road by several past city councils, but it is now going to be done.

TREE LIGHTING

SIP AND SHOP

THANKSGIVING DINNER

The 22nd annual Thanksgiving Community Outreach Dinner was a big success on Saturday at the First Baptist Church. Organizer Pam King said they served over 650 meals and a lot of them were delivered to shut-ins, elderly, people in senior housing and people who are ill.

FIRST SALE

The Reporter happened to be at the right place at the right time to snap a photo of The Snug’s first sale when they held a soft opening during Thursday’s Sip and Shop event.

FIRE CALLS

Responded to: • 405 Hazel in reference to no power and burning smell on Wednesday. RVFD shut breaker and advised homeowner to call an electrician.   • North FM 487/Rockdale West Road for a vehicle that hit a deer and was blocking the roadway.

More Thanksgiving deliciousness

Since the paper is out early this week, here are some more Thanksgiving recipes to try this year. I posted something about Thanksgiving the other day on my social media and I was very surprised at how many people don’t like mashed potatoes or dressing.