With a flip of a switch Friday evening, downtown Breckenridge was turned into a holiday wonderland with the lighting of the community Christmas tree.
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As the City of Breckenridge’s Street Improvement Project gets underway, some intersections in the areas of the work will be closed temporarily, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22, with the intersection at West Elliott and South Harvey.

The City of Breckenridge and Stephens County are partnering to pick up brush inside the city limits of Breckenridge the week of Oct. 21-24.

Justin Shockley was honored with a badge ceremony at the Oct. 8 Breckenridge City Commission meeting.

Several local government boards and commissions will be meeting in this week and early next week for public hearings regarding tax rates and/or annual budgets, as well as routine business and other matters.

The Stephens County Commissioner and the City of Breckenridge Commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, to discuss the interlocal agreements between the City of Breckenridge and Stephens County.

It was standing room only at Tuesday night’s Breckenridge City Commission meeting as citizens showed up to voice their opinions about recent water problems in their neighborhood and about the ongoing animal control problems in the community. Others were in attendance to show support for Breckenridge Police Department members who were honored at the meeting.

The Breckenridge Texan will publish a series of articles about the ongoing animal problems in Breckenridge and Stephens County.

Breckenridge has an animal control problem, one that some local residents would define as a crisis situation.

Earlier this year, City of Breckenridge employees were instructed by the new police chief to take a cat from the animal shelter and release it at Lake Daniel, an action the local Humane Society says was illegal. City officials maintain no laws were broken.