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Hopefuls reveal their financial support

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Candidates for local offices turned in their latest financial disclosure forms May 3, and some showed modest gains since the last disclosure deadline of April 26.

Bob Taylor making his exit

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Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Taylor said formal goodbyes to his peers on the Ennis City Commission on Monday night.

Golf course buy tabled

EDN photo by Nick Todaro / This sign stood in the back of city commission chambers Monday, expressing the perception that the plan to buy nine holes of the former golf course on Country Club Road would help only residents whose property abuts the former course land.

In front of an overflow crowd, Ennis City Commission members voted Monday to table a proposal to purchase land north of Country Club Road.

Letter carriers gear up drive

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Letter carries in Ennis and across America are gearing up for a massive one-day food drive on May 11.

Park plan passes first vote

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City commissioners moved half way toward a planned buy of half of the former golf course on Country Club Road on Monday.

City mulls golf course buy

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The Ennis Economic Development Corporation’s approval of a nearly 80-acre land purchase Tuesday sends the project forward to the city commission. The project would revitalize the former golf course on Country Club Road into open spaces and walking paths.

The Ennis Economic Development Corporation approved what could become the city’s biggest park project to date on Tuesday.

Cultural festival brightens city’s weekend

EDN photo by Phil Banker / Dancers with the USA Chin Woo Lion and Dragon Dance troupe delighted the crowds Saturday afternoon during the Ennis Cultural Music Festival. The city’s second such festival was a collaboration between the Ennis Arts Commission and Union Pacific Railroad.

Festival hits Saturday

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The 10 performers of Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, also set to perform, are an aspiring group of artists from around the nation. Under the Artistic Direction of Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II is in its 13th season performing works by recognized and emerging artists, creating a repertoire of modern, jazz, African, lyrical and spiritual works.

The Ennis Cultural Music Festival will light up NW. Main Street in downtown Saturday, featuring music and dance acts from various cultural backgrounds.

City trapping for West Nile

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Further discussion about mosquito abatement efforts was a central point of the most recent gathering of the Ennis City Commission.

The blooms are coming

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The president of the Ennis Garden Club said despite a slow start for this year’s bluebonnets, she expects a display just as large as last year’s bumper crop.

Cultural experience coming

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African dance group Bandan Koro was one of the acts that performed at the first Ennis Cultural Music Festival in 2012.

The Ennis Cultural Music Festival will return April 6 in downtown Ennis, featuring new and repeat performers from the first such event in 2012.

Mosquito spray plan likely

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Ellis County has not yet acted on a proposal to begin county mosquito surveillance, but Ennis is preparing to resume its sampling program next month.

Walker runs for Ward 6

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Matt Walker, lifelong Ennis resident and sales manager for Price Distributing in Ennis, is in the running for the Ward 6 mayor pro tem seat on the Ennis City Commission.

Memorial updates planned

Ennis Daily News file photo / Paver stones are a part of the Ennis Veterans Memorial.

The latest round of updates to the Ennis Veterans Memorial faces an April 1 deadline.

Mayor brings meals, warmth

Ennis Daily News photo by Phil Banker / Mayor Russell Thomas prepares to deliver meals as part of Mayors for Meals day.

Mayor Russell Thomas met with Meals on Wheels Executive Director Vinsen Faris and TXU Community Relations representative Shawn Parker to help hand out meals to clients on Tuesday morning.

Drought concerns developing early

Ennis Daily News file photo / Water availability is on the city’s radar early this year after the drought of 2011.

Eastern Ellis County is bracing for another dry and hot summer season, and Ennis is watching its water source closely as reports of statewide shortages echo from recent years.

Bluebonnet fever is ready to bloom

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Bluebonnet expert Sandy Anderson testified to the Ennis Lions club Wednesday — Ennis has a good bluebonnet season in store.

City plans purchase in effort to further improve fire rating

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The city’s administration and fire department aren’t content with stopping at one improvement to the fire rating.

City’s sales revenue climbs once again

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Ennis has again logged an increase in sales activity.

Bluebonnets are coming

Ennis Daily News photo by Phil Banker / Gina Rokas spreads the word about the pending bluebonnet crop in Ennis.

Spring is on its way, and with it brings the promise of warmer weather, outdoor recreation and, in Ennis, bluebonnets.

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