My East Aldine
This Aldine librarian does more than the usual with pages
There are times when librarians do sit and watch television. For Jane Holt, branch manager of the High Meadows Public Library in East Aldine, however, her hands are rarely empty. She is always busy folding pages [...]
Free summer fun for kids continues in East Aldine
A morning of outdoor fun featuring music, crafts and water activities will cap off the summer for children in the East Aldine community, who gladly gathered in classrooms – of all places – for learning [...]
New mural connects many creative resources of East Aldine
Scattered showers did little to dampen the enthusiasm for a splashy new commemorative mural unveiled at the High Meadows branch of the Harris County Public Library in East Aldine recently. Art enthusiasts turned out in [...]
His coated flautas are a sensation in Aldine — and to 125,000 TikTok types
After a 21-year career in law enforcement for the Aldine School District and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Julio DeLeon has turned his super-secret spicy sauce into a booming family business and a second career [...]
Many resources help a Venezuelan couple build a sweet business
The recent Wednesday Farmers’ Market at BakerRipley in East Aldine Town Center produced a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was for the grand opening of Mr. Sweet, a catering food “carriage” run by Venezuelan refugees Aryelis and Daniel [...]
Job vacancies, dancing horses, live music, sushi — all at a Mexican restaurant
It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a traditional place to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. There is vegan Mexican food made with soy-based tostadas, so-called “Mexican sushi” and an array of spiced cocktails [...]
From gardening to public hearings, a group helps East Aldine transform
On Earth Day, students at Avalos P-tech High School happily spent the afternoon outdoors, planting the “seeds of transformation” for a possible community garden at the East Aldine area campus. The gathering was a special event [...]
Introducing the first health and social services director for East Aldine and the rest of Pct. 2
An 11-foot inflatable model of the COVID-19 virus was recently on display outside Community Health Choice in Harris County’s Precinct 2. The gray bubble with reddish entrails was a not-so-subtle advertisement for the free vaccines inside. “Our job [...]
Fire damages Granada Theatre
archival photo A fire early today destroyed vacant shops at the Jensen Square shopping center in the Aldine area. But still standing is the vacant, historic Granada Theatre, known to many area residents [...]
Eye-popping pop-up markets provide colorful crafts for Easter
They’re as perennial as the bluebonnets, paintbrushes and buttercups that line Texas’ roadways in spring: Colorful displays of piñatas, cascades of cascarones, bunches of bouquets and baskets. Several “Peeps Pop-up" markets lined streets throughout the [...]