Issue 31
Published August 28, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Three things this town already owns and mostly does not use: a forty-year-old charity that runs on donated hours, thirty acres of park and wetland off Unity Park Drive, and a clinic down the road that will see you without insurance. None of them are new. That is rather the point.
Community · Nonprofits
Forty Years on Friendship Drive, and Most of the Work Is Done by People Who Are Not Paid
Society of Samaritans has run a pantry, an assistance office and a resale shop here since 1986. In 2024 its volunteers put in 20,695 hours, which works out to about ten full-time jobs nobody had to fund.
Read the story →Community · Parks
The Splash Pad Closes Around Labor Day. The Other Twenty-Nine Acres Stay Open All Winter.
Thirty acres, two and a half miles of trail, a skate park, an amphitheater and a pavilion that rents for $250 a half day. Also alligators, which the city would like you to leave alone.
Read the story →Community · Health
The Nearest Clinic for People Without Insurance Is in Tomball. Its Fundraiser Is in Magnolia.
Medical, dental, vision and pharmacy under one roof on a sliding scale, twenty minutes down the road. The golf tournament that helps pay for it is October 1 at High Meadow Ranch.
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More on Tuesday. Three pieces this time instead of four, because we would rather run three we can stand behind than pad the page. If your church, team or shop is marking something, or if a project on your block is doing something the notices did not mention, the newsroom would like to hear about it.