The City of Round Rock is putting the final touches on our response to Google's Request For Information (RFI) for its Fiber for Communities project . If you would still like to have your voice heard, we will keep our survey open until Monday, March...

Looking for a free Spring Break activity for your family? Bring your family to one of our free boat buidling schools. It’s never too early to start planning for the wackiness that is Round Rock the Boat Regatta, and the Round Rock Parks and Recreation...

It's not to late to register for the 2010 Texas Road Rash Inline Skate Marathon happening April 24th and 25th. Visit http://www.texasroadrash.com for all the details and to register online for the event. Prepare for the Texas Road Rash by participating...

I still own a copy of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure . I didn't burn mine--unlike a number of Victorian readers who vehemently disapproved of it back in 1896. Jude still incites controversy, as proven by today's Round Rock New Neighbors book...

The Round Rock Parks & Recreation Department presents their annual Easter Egg Hunts at Old Setters Park located at 3300 Palm Valley Blvd. in Round Rock. Come and visit the Easter Bunny and take part in these traditional holiday events! Flashlight...

We've got a couple of meetings coming up regarding the Downtown Master Plan . First, we'll have a presentation and discussion with the City Council at its Thursday, March 11 meeting . Councilmembers have been taking driving tours of the Plan area...

To borrow from "Casey at the Bat", the outlook wasn't brilliant for last week's adult book club. We all liked W. P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe- -not an ideal situation. Book group veterans will tell you that an occasional "hated...

It's official: The City of Round Rock is in the game for the Google Fiber for Communities project. We've created a page on our website for project information, roundrocktexas.gov/google . There, you'll find links to a survey where we ask about...

What Floats Your Boat? The Round Rock the Boat Regatta takes place on May 15, and Old Settlers Park will be full of spectators waiting to see who will float, sink or swim at this fun event. Contestants make boats out of cardboard and tape and rely on...

We can't ask Mr. Starbuck; he's a fictional character. But I suspect that other folks bearing popular brand surnames--the Heinzes, Bayers, Disneys, Wrigleys, Ferraris, etc.--would report favorably on that situation. It's not just the money...

For months, rumors had been spreading that Google would being accommodating more file types in Google Documents and would increasing the amount of storage space available for users. A couple weeks ago, the rumors became a reality. Google now allows users...

As the recession continues to negatively impact City of Round Rock sales tax revenues – we anticipate a $5 million shortfall this fiscal year – we will aggressively reduce expenses in the short term, while retooling operations and our financial management...

Recent experience emphasizes that, while insufficient preparation for a meeting is risky, over-preparation is a similarly poor strategy. One should particularly avoid hauling in a pile of evidence to document one's overkill. I meant well. Everyone...

Driving to work yesterday, I caught an NPR review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. When a respected film critic disapproves as that one did, I can proceed in one of two ways: relegate the selection to "Netflix but not big...

OK, so this post isn't about the public process for approving the Downtown Master Plan , but a little break from that long march isn't such a bad thing, is it? Round Rock Jelly , which meets from 11 to 2 each Friday at Star Co. downtown, marks...