For Dr. Batoul Abuharb, enrolling her oldest child at Iman Academy was a full-circle moment. A student there when the school was just getting off its feet, Abuharb said sending her daughter to her former stomping ground — a private Islamic institution — is like coming home. “I love it,” she said. “It feels like [...]
The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge February 2024 Happy rodeo season, Harris County! We’ve officially kicked off the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, which is our community's biggest event of the year. There’s so much to celebrate at the rodeo this year, from the 50th anniversary of the Bar-B-Que Cookoff to the [...]
Lin Huynh “This is it,” a teenage girl told her friend one night, pausing in front of Alpha Bakery and Deli in Hong Kong City Mall. “This is the sandwich place they were talking about.” A yellow neon Vietnamese bánh mì image glowed in the window. In a city with hundreds of bánh mì [...]
When looking for a new location for his International Martial Arts Association Houston dojo, Sensei Patrick Richoux didn’t want to stray too far from his Alief-area spot on Boone Road. After all, Richoux trained hundreds of students there for more than five years and he wanted to make the transition easy for them. With that [...]
It is that time of year again, and Alief’s Family and Community Engagement Department (FACE) cordially invites all families and community members to participate in our annual FREE Family U Conference, “Together We Are A Masterpiece,” on Saturday, March 2nd, from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Alief Center for Talent Development (CTD). This event offers [...]
Vol. 6, Issue 3 - 02.23.2024 Dear Friends, It has been several weeks since I provided an update from the District F office, and many changes come with a new administration and a new year. However, our efforts on the west side remain steadfast. Here are a few neighborhood updates: Alief: Join me on February 27 [...]
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This month's meeting was held virtually and in-person at: Buổi họp của tháng này đã được tổ chức trực tiếp và trực tuyến tại: Steve Radack Community Center 18650 Clay Rd, room 139 Houston, TX 77084 Let us know if this is a convenient location for you or if there are other locations [...]
Our budget continues to be a focus. As we face challenges with no new legislation supporting increased pay in public education, we continue to inventory our system to figure out what is working and what is not. What can we afford to keep, and what will we need to abandon because it may not yield [...]
