Officers who will serve during the upcoming year for Moran Masonic Lodge #863 were installed in Clyde last weekend.

A petition to annex almost 160 acres in a new development east and south of the Albany city limits was approved during the most recent city council meeting on Monday, July 9. Known as the Clarke Estate Development, the tract of land backs up to the school’s ag farm and runs alongside Hwy. 6.

ResourceCare’s 18th annual Summer Day Camp began on Monday, and if camper numbers on the first couple of days are any indication, overall participation may exceed last year’s record numbers.

Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will be on hand to unload donations of water, Gatorade, and Powerade at their upcoming water/Gatorade drive, set for Monday, July 16.

An emergency management proposal and a report on the nearly complete Courthouse repair project were among the most discussed items on the Shackelford County commissioners court agenda for a Monday morning, July 9 meeting.

Albany volunteer firemen were called to the scene of a truck trailer fire on Saturday around noon near the east city limits.

The Old Jail Art Center will host three Region 14 teacher workshops for Continuing Professional Education credits during the month of July.  A fourth workshop, Project Archeology: Investigating Shelter, was planned for this Friday, July 13, but has been cancelled.

Workers at Resource Care Community Health Center have organized a new fundraiser and sponsorships and tickets for CareFest 2018 are currently available. Gates at Happy Wife Happy Life will open for CareFest 2018 at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, the music will begin at 1:00 p.m.

The fourth annual Fort Griffin BBQ Cook-Off will take place in downtown Albany on the weekend of Sept. 28-29. Entry fee for the cook-off is $150 per team. “I signed my team up today,” said Albany Chamber of Commerce president Ramby Anderson on Tuesday. “I’m excited about it, and so is my family!

Albany schools will start the first six weeks of the fall semester in five weeks, and it’s time for parents and school staff members to begin preparations for the upcoming school year, making sure that children are properly enrolled, and the school is ready for the starting day of the fall semester.