People who shop in East Aldine can now get 10% back on what they buy at hundreds of businesses, thanks to a free app launched by the Management District. The app is called Open Rewards and can be downloaded for free on standard cell phones. Here’s an example of how it works when you [...]
Do East Aldine families celebrate the annual Dia de Los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — in traditional ways or with the neighborhood’s distinct flair? Actually, they do both in celebration of the Mexican holiday — as was seen at an advance celebration hosted by the East Aldine Management District. Here’s what kids [...]
One busy afternoon in mid-October, the popular Pan Riko bakery was sold out of pan de Muertos — the “bread of the dead” that is placed on Day of the Dead altars — by mid-afternoon. But, store manager Rogelio de Jesus said, the absence of special bread didn’t stop a crowd of loyal customers from [...]
For 50 years, residents of East Aldine have purchased everything from chicken feed, plumbing fixtures, screws, bolts, pipe and extension cords to gardening supplies, lumber and propane from Jed’s Hardware. At the intersection of the Eastex Freeway and Aldine Mail Route Road, the neighborhood institution was founded in 1973 by brothers Weldon and Clyde Bailey, [...]
Rocio C. Witte, community development manager for BakerRipley East Aldine and Gulfton/Sharpstown, is the newest member of the East Aldine Management District board of directors. Harris County Commissioners Court made her appointment official today (Oct. 10) as requested by Commissioners Adrian Garcia. Witte, a native of El Paso, received the Community Excellence Award from the [...]
Tippets At a recent Lone Star College East Aldine Center panel discussion about traits such as pride and persistence, students in the audience needed to look further than Mario Castillo for examples of the characteristics. Castillo, a Latino, is the new chancellor of the Lone Star College system, making him the top executive [...]
BakerRipley event As East Aldine celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month through Oct. 15, residents are showing how the month’s events connect the past to the future. Two young people have already demonstrated how the festivities can be grounded in modern techniques. At the BakerRipley East Aldine Culture Fest, Avalos P-Tech School ninth graders [...]
There’s at least one food treats shop in East Aldine where you can avoid the annual autumn invasion of pumpkin spice-flavored food. At the new Trendy Spot Nutrition Café, just about every other possible flavor is available for healthy drinks, waffles, crepes, doughnuts and refreshing teas and coffee. The small and spotlessly clean café, at [...]
Chief Adrian Dillehay When new Westfield Fire Chief Adrian Dillehay visits Aldine ISD schools to recruit students for the Fire Explorer youth program, he usually doesn't find young people looking for cheap thrills or excitement. “What I see are young people who have a need to help people and become law-abiding citizens,” Dillehay [...]
A five-member team of Harris County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Scout Post 42 stealthily climbed a staircase in the role of deputies. Physical training For the purpose of the training exercise, other young people in the team-building exercise pretended to be suspects in a studio apartment. The “deputies” captured two “suspects,” a missing gun [...]
