QUICK LOOK

Thanksgiving closings many around area Here are holiday closings for Thanksgiving: • Area schools are out all week. • City Hall and the City Library will be closed both Thursday and Friday. The library will also be closed Saturday.

Bitmain: The beat goes on

Bitmain may have paused for 45 days to facilitate going public with its stock, but there’s no change in the pace of preparing the former Alcoa smelter for its new task as a cryptocurrency mining center.

Smooth driving ahead on ravaged streets

Cameron Avenue (US 79) will undergo a major renovation, including sidewalk projects, in upcoming months and years, but several streets in residential areas of Rockdale already have projects started.

City Hall closing at lunch beginning January, 2019

If you’re used to running by Rockdale City Hall at lunch, better do it soon. Beginning Jan. 2, 2019, the facility will close for an hour, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Stadium complex: ‘Not that much left’

“There’s just not that much left to do.” That’s the verdict from Lance Weidler, maintenance director of the Rockdale ISD, who said virtually all workers need to finish up the $5-million-plus project is “a couple of weeks of good weather.

NEW RESTAURANT

NEW RESTAURANT—Downtown Rockdale’s newest restaurant is Oak Leaf Bakery & Diner at the intersection of Bell and Main Streets. A ribbon cutting was held recently by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center.

Reporter, firms set turkey giveaway

The annual Christmas Turkey Giveaway, sponsored by 23 local business firms through the Rockdale Camber of Commerce, has begun. The Rockdale Reporter is one of those firms and this year’s turkey giveaways by the newspaper will go to persons familiar with the paper’s history.

‘Sleeper’ report ends in arrest

POLICE REPORT A call reporting a person sleeping in a vehicle Friday ended with two charges being filed against a Rock-dale man. Lt. Stephen Goodrich said Ofc. Johnathan Richardson responded to the site and found two persons asleep in the vehicle.

Meet the author

Author-humorist Tweed Scott (Lower right) visits with (from left) Don Hagaman, Stacy Hagaman and Berry Bartlett during after presenting a program at the city library Thursday evening. Library programs continue at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, with a presentation by Hearne author Erica (E. L) DuBois.

Brown Santa applications sought

SHERIFF’S REPORT The Milam County Sheriff’s Office is taking application for Milam County residences that would like to take advantage of the Brown Santa program to provide toys for needy children.