The first day of classes for schools in the Georgetown school district is Thursday, Aug. 17. The Georgetown Police Department reminds drivers to slow down in school zones. As students go back to school, police will be monitoring school zones throughout the city. Look for the school zones at most

The City will celebrate the launch of its new GoGeo fixed-route and paratransit bus service with a ribbon cutting at noon Aug. 21 at the central transit hub at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. Eighth St. GoGeo has four routes serving Lone Star Circle of Care, Wolf Ranch, the

The Friends of the Georgetown Animal Shelter is again hosting a community retail sale on Friday-Saturday, September 22-23, 2017, at the Community Center in San Gabriel Park.  Instead of taking donated items and selling them ourselves in a typical garage sale, we are offering spots to people who want to

The Texas Department of Transportation will begin several paving projects, including portions of the I-35 northbound frontage road, Austin Avenue, and University Avenue, on Aug. 6. Repaving work on University Avenue from I-35 to Inner Loop is scheduled to begin Aug. 6 and is expected to take three months to

Street resurfacing on city streets with hot-in-place recycling is scheduled to begin next week. Additional street resurfacing projects including a double course surface treatment are also expected to begin later this summer on portions of SE Inner Loop, Maple Street, Country Club Road and Northwest Boulevard. The work schedule can

Former Georgetown Mayor George Garver passed away on July 27 at his residence in Prairie Village, Kansas. He was 85. Garver was elected mayor in 2008 and was re-elected to a second term in 2011. He and his wife Alice lived in the Sun City neighborhood in Georgetown from 1997

The City Council is hosting public hearings for four voluntary annexations at the Aug. 8 and Aug. 22, 2017, meetings. Council will consider action on these items on Sept. 12, and a second reading is to be determined. Most of the described properties below are being annexed in anticipation of

The Citizen Police Academy is a 10-week course to educate citizens about all aspects of the Georgetown Police Department. The fall 2017 academy, which begins Aug. 24, is instructed by police officers from various divisions of the police department. The deadline to apply is Aug. 14. Session topics include the

New roads and capacity for a growing city are among key items in the proposed City budget for the 2018 fiscal year, presented yesterday to the City Council by City Manager David Morgan. The budget supports City services, builds infrastructure for the future, and provides competitive compensation for employees, while

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced the City of Georgetown is the latest local government entity to achieve specific transparency goals through the Comptroller’s Transparency Stars program. Georgetown received a star in the area of Traditional Finances, which recognizes entities for their outstanding efforts in making their spending and revenue information