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Lone Star College chancellor shares insight on college debt relief plan
The new federal program aimed at relieving some college tuition education debts for an estimated 43 million students could help thousands of Harris County students, including many enrolled at Lone Star College’s East Aldine campus. [...]
This time the Constitution & citizenship will get big local recognition
The East Aldine Management District and many partners will soon celebrate the anniversary of Constitution Day and National Citizenship Day in a new way. A patriotic parade on Saturday, Sept. 17 — the 70th anniversary [...]
BakerRipley offers wide choice of fall classes
Registration is underway for fall classes for children and adults at the BakerRipley East Aldine Center, with options ranging from party-decorating and jewelry-making to family Zumba and other physical recreation activities. Spirited dancers from Ballet [...]
Aldine ISD sees multiple gains in state’s public school ratings
Students starting the new school year will soon begin receiving grades on their various assignments. At the same time, parents and other community members are able to see if their local schools and campuses are [...]
Public safety progress and lingering fears dominate public talk
Garcia, Gonzalez At a recent meeting with Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, an East Aldine woman spoke up. “I am afraid to go out of my house [...]
District Response Team moves against illegal businesses, encampments
Encampment When a dangerous gang from the infamous Aryan Brotherhood set up camp on a remote and abandoned lot in East Aldine, Sheriff’s Office deputies from the East Aldine Management District’s Response Team [...]
Drama teacher brings home dazzling national award
Few public school teachers are celebrated under the bright lights of Broadway for their efforts to direct, train and inspire a new generation of talent. But Aldine ISD teacher Roshunda Jones-Koumba recently received a teaching [...]
Slow down to see amusing signs at Town Center
Scott Froschauer Whimsical versions of traffic signs cause many East Aldine Town Center visitors to slow down to read slogans such as “One Love” and “Para Que Haya Paz” (If There Is To Be [...]
BakerRipley gives East Aldine kids creative outlets for summer and fall
From Taekwondo and cardio-boxing, Zumba and ballet folklórico to quieter pursuits like jewelry-making and watercolor painting, the BakerRipley East Aldine campus is teeming with children and teenagers this summer. BakerRipley’s full slate of classes for youngsters and [...]
Town Center is key to getting immigrants vaccinated
With children playing a wild game of popping balloons tied to each other’s legs, medical professionals from across the Houston area gathered recently at the East Aldine Town Center amphitheater and great lawn. But they weren’t [...]
District and civic club shine more light on public safety
Salazar, Flores The East Aldine Management District’s latest way of stepping up to improve public safety is by funding a second set of streetlights, and an estimated $150,000 in electricity costs this year, [...]
Car seats, installations, baby formula: Free at Town Center
Thanks to $5,000 in grants from three local WalMart stores, Harris County sheriff’s deputies recently obtained and installed nearly 30 child safety seats in residents’ vehicles free of charge through the Sheriff’s Office storefront at [...]
District widens its investment in local graduates
Cantu addresses Aldine ISD graduates The East Aldine Management District has expanded its already generous funding of college-level scholarships for graduating high school seniors in the area. Two ceremonies in May showcased the [...]
New mural signals more public art to come for East Aldine
There were bubbles, books and barbecue as Aldine artist Martin Barrera put the finishing touches on a bright blue and green mural for the High Meadows Library at the recent second annual Aldine Mural Fest [...]
Events & engagement specialist brings zeal and zest to new job
Alma DeAlejandro, the new community events and engagement specialist for the East Aldine Management District, already thinks she has “the coolest job ever.” Less than six weeks into the position, DeAlejandro has jumped into organizing a major event [...]
