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My East Aldine
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 [...]
New BakerRipley manager is home-grown
East Aldine native Rosie Hernandez, a five-year veteran of BakerRipley community centers, has recently taken over the post of manager of community development of the BakerRipley East Aldine Center. Hernandez, 41, a graduate of MacArthur High [...]
That now-famous “art bus” turns another corner
As Houston artist and inspired educator Ronnie Cabrera’s Cinderella story grows, so does her workspace. Her original traveling studio and classroom that has helped enrich public events in the East Aldine Management District, is the [...]
Town Center building reaps double honors in real estate contest
On behalf of the people it serves, the East Aldine Management District is proud and humbled at the same time now that the Town Center's new, multi-use office building was named among the Houston area's [...]
Concerts return to Town Center with zest and bright future
Live music has returned to the East Aldine Town Center amphitheater for the second year in a row, drawing the attendance of jazz and Latin music fans as well as relatives and friends of student [...]
Building confidence & know-how at girls-only public school
Less than a year after opening, the 179 students who attend the public Young Women’s Leadership Academy already lead the other Aldine Independent School District schools in math and reading test scores. Principal Jericah [...]
Planned concrete plant sparks worry before April 7 public meeting
Raising concerns among many residents, a company based in La Porte proposes to build and operate a concrete-making plant near Little York Road at the Eastex Freeway, next to a county park and a residential [...]
