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Texas Sage blossoms into business

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“It feels kind of like an escape,” Paige Williams, co-owner of Dublin’s new nursery, garden center and gift boutique Texas Sage said. The business officially opened Saturday, April 6 and is located at the corner of Hwy.

Moving into the next phase of Panhandle wildfire recovery

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Generosity from across the nation filled four Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Animal Supply Points since Feb. 28 in the wake of the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek wildfires, which burned over 1.2 million acres to become the largest wildfire in Texas history.

Revitalize Dublin project helps neighbor

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Around 30 volunteers gathered Saturday, April 13 at a home on South Camden for the first Revitalize Dublin workday of 2024. The project was to help Teri, a resident who moved to Dublin 34 years ago with her husband and two young sons so he could work as a milk truck driver.

Meth bust ends in arrest

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Over the weekend, Dublin PD made one of the largest meth drug busts in its recent history. According to a press release from Dublin Police Chief Cameron Ray, on Friday, April 12, after an in-depth investigation into a location in Dublin, DPD executed a search warrant at a property in the CR 340 area of Dublin.

7 FFA teams head to state

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Dublin FFA student brought in a slew of awards over the weekend with seven teams headed to state being held at Texas Tech University, Tarleton State University and SamHoustonStateUniversity over the course of the next two weeks.

Staud seeks to unite city

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“I’d like to see more involvement with the community,” said Dublin mayor candidate John Staud. “There are a lot of our organizations dependent on a few volunteers.” “I’d like to get young people involved and get them to see this as their city and not the place they want to leave as soon as they graduate,” he continued.

Voting starts Monday for council, mayor

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Early voting for the Saturday, May 4 local election will begin Monday, April 22 and will include the mayoral race along with two city council seats. The ballot will include mayoral candidates incumbent mayor David Leatherwood and challenger John Staud, Place 2 City Council incumbent candidate Orion Gallagher and challenger Nancy Williams and a Place 4 city councilmember race between Jacob McCullough and Tyson Lueck.

Mayor runs to continue progress

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“I never had any intention of being mayor,” said incumbent Dublin mayoral candidate David Leatherwood. “I just felt I needed to run.” This was 10 years ago.

Community Calendar

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Calendar events are available for local events. To submit events, send them to composing@dublincitizen.com.