City of Lindale

City Council gathers for first ’24 meeting

Lindale City Council members met for the first time in 2024 on Tuesday, Jan. 23 following the rescheduling of two previous meetings. The most recently rescheduled meeting was due to the winter storm which arrived on Jan. 14-15 in East Texas. On Jan. 23, council members: • Approved the city’s audit performed by Gollob Peddy

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Cold start to new year as freezing temperatures, ice hit East Texas

It didn’t take long into the new year for winter’s fury to arrive as East Texans shivered through some serious, bone-chilling temperatures beginning early Monday (Jan. 15). Winter storm watches and warnings accompanied the icy weather with accumulations ranging to just under an inch in most places. Temperatures dropped into the lower teens late Monday

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Library staff ready for 2024

The holidays have come and gone for another year but the staff at Lillie Russell Memorial Library is anxious for the new year with some familiar activities. Regular activities include Adult Game Day each Tuesday when patrons 18 and older can enjoy board games, card games, dominoes and other entertaining ways to spend a morning.

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Work continues on FM 16 near Lindale

Widening and realignment of FM 16 west of downtown Lindale will continue this week with lane closures and traffic shift detours in place, said Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Jeff Williford. The project is four miles west of FM 849 and will continue to U.S. 69 in downtown Lindale, Williford said. Highway 19 Construction, LLC

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Celebrate the season at Lillie Russell Library

December is the month for gifts and the folks at Lillie Russell Memorial Library have a dandy selection of great things for patrons during the next few weeks. Crafting classes are on the schedule beginning Dec. 6 with a holiday quilting class at 1 p.m. and on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 a.m., a Ukrainian

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Annual Christmas Parade dazzles kids of all ages

Downtown Lindale was dazzling and kids of all ages were delighted as the annual Lindale Rotary Club’s Christmas Parade stepped off at E.J. Moss Intermediate School this past Saturday night. Shiny floats, costumed characters and the award-winning Pride of Lindale High School marching band entertained hundreds of spectators, lined four and five deep along U.S.

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Council backs away from plan for Pool Park renovations

Lindale City Council members worked through a brief agenda this past week at city hall prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday and made a decision on a plan for renovations at Pool Park. On the recommendation of the Lindale Parks Board, city council members moved away from a plan for an all-inclusive playground for those with

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Celebrations illuminate downtown Lindale

Downtown Lindale will shine, literally, this weekend as the annual Lindale Rotary Club Christmas Parade steps off beginning at 5:30 p.m. at E.J. Moss Intermediate School and make its way down Highway 69. Floats, bands and dignitaries will be in the parade which will conclude at Lindale’s First Baptist Church. Once the parade has concluded,

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Reinvestment zone members reappointed, 2023 city tax roll approved

Lindale City Council members reappointed members to the board of directors to the city’s tax Increment reinvestment ones numbers two and three and appointed a chairman of the board to the reinvestment zone number three during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at city hall. Reinvestment zones are designated areas within the city limits

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Christmas parade, holiday bake sale slated

Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away, which means the holiday season in Lindale has arrived. Along with the much anticipated Lindale Rotary Club’s Christmas Parade, there will be the annual Christmas Bake Sale benefiting the Lillie Russell Memorial Library as well as plenty of holiday decorations adorning the businesses in town. The parade

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