Issue 22
Published July 28, 2026 · Bilingual edition
August is a month of forms around here. A school meal application that is now worth more than it used to be, a $25 membership that buys a year of classes, a volunteer sign-up at a wildlife center off Dobbin Hufsmith. And down in Conroe, a deadline running faster than the arithmetic behind it.
Schools · Your Money
If You Qualify for Reduced-Price Lunch, You Pay Nothing. You Still Have to File.
The state is covering the reduced-price copay through 2027. Magnolia ISD opens meal applications August 1, and a separate enrollment verification deadline lands Friday, July 31.
Read the story →Community · Fifty and Up
$25 a Year, Any Campus, If You're Over 50
Lone Star College's Academy for Lifelong Learning has no prerequisites and no grades. The Tomball and Montgomery campuses are the closest to Magnolia, and one membership covers both.
Read the story →Community · Neighbors
The Wildlife Rescue on Dobbin Hufsmith Road Opens Its Doors One Saturday a Month
Friends of Texas Wildlife takes in thousands of injured and orphaned native animals a year on donations alone. The next public Saturday is August 8.
Read the story →Civic Watch · County
The County Has an Architect and a Deadline. It Still Doesn't Have a Price.
Montgomery County hired a courthouse architect July 9. A November bond needs a cost estimate by mid-August, which leaves about five weeks to turn a study into a number.
Read the story →Coming next
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