LOCALCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM VOL. 9, ISSUE 10 | APRIL 6 - MAY 4, 2021
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HOME & GARDEN
SUSAN YERKES | PG. 04
HAPPENING LOCAL | PG. 03
THE LESSONS A VIRTUAL OF HISTORY PAGE-TURNER LOCAL LOWDOWN | PG. 09
DEVELOPER DROPS PLANS FOR RIVER ROAD
HOME & GARDEN | PG. 06
SPRUCE UP FOR SPRINGTIME
North Central elections loom
Learning lessons from weather emergency
VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS MAY 1 by EDMOND ORTIZ
COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM WINTRY BLAST FOLLOWING A HISTORIC WINTER STORM, relief programs have emerged while officials assess what responses worked and which ones didn’t during the emergency and its aftermath.
Hundreds of thousands of CPS Energy customers DISASTER continues on pg. 10
endured rotating or prolonged power outages for several days of subfreezing temperatures. The mercury in San Antonio dipped to record lows the week of Feb. 14, as two of the biggest
snowfalls in nearly 40 years occurred days apart. Those blackouts hampered efforts by San Antonio Water System crews to address waterpressure problems caused by pump-station failures and water leaks. Thousands of folks literally left out in the cold used social media and other means
by EDMOND ORTIZ
VOTERS LIVING IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN will decide multiple May 1 city council and school board contests.
SAN ANTONIO Two-term Mayor Ron Nirenberg and former District 6 Councilman Greg Brockhouse, whom Nirenberg beat in a 2019 runoff election, headline a BALLOTS continues on pg. 11