Dobie beat Pasadena Memorial 28-14 in the Battle of the Beltway, and the Animal Shelter listed Nugget, a 60-pound dog with skin and ear issues, as needing urgent care. Pasadena broke ground on a 32-acre park with a one-mile trail, while three Pasadena ISD middle schools made the 2027 U.S. News rankings. Volunteers planted 2,000 prairie plants at Armand Bayou, and Ms. Jones completed her final chemotherapy treatment. Nineteen items in all.
Central & Fairmont Library
The program explores plants and herbs in Shakespeare’s works and their historical uses.
Fairmont Library will let Shakespeare’s garden testify about folklore, symbolism and historical remedies.
The interactive mystery program is Tuesday, October 27.
Central Library has acquired four suspicious librarians and expects patrons to sort out the paperwork.
Organizations can decorate trees November 30 through December 2; the display runs through December 29.
Central Library invites local organizations to decorate Christmas trees for December display.
Dobie High
Dobie has owned the Battle of the Beltway since 2018.
Dobie wins the Beltway again, leaving Pasadena Memorial to check the calendar for 2017.
The fall-semester partnership pairs Dobie education students with classroom teachers.
Dobie’s aspiring educators began working alongside classroom teachers as part of a fall partnership.
Animal Shelter
Nugget needs medical care for skin and ear issues, and adoption or fostering is free.
Video: Inmate Nugget is a gentle 60-pound charmer looking for a home and an escape from becoming worm dirt.
The kids’ costume contest starts at 1 p.m., followed by the pet costume contest at 1:30.
Pets & Pumpkins is bringing candy, costumes and adoptable pets to Burke Road today.
City of Pasadena
Phase one carries an estimated $2 million investment.
Pasadena broke ground on Preston Park, its first new park in more than 20 years.
Mayor Thomas Schoenbein and Communications Director Brian Ligon discuss city updates in the video.
Video: Mayor Schoenbein and Brian Ligon reveal what Pasadena has been up to this week.
PISD
Melillo Middle School, Morris Middle School and Beverly Hills Intermediate received the rankings.
Three Pasadena ISD schools make the honor roll, and Texas has 1,200-plus middle schools to choose from.
The video covers the varsity matchup between Pasadena Memorial and Dobie. Follows the Oct 10 post.
Watch the Battle of the Beltway PISD varsity football game between Memorial and Dobie.
Pasadena Strawberry Festival
The parade is scheduled for December 5 at 7 p.m. on Fairmont Parkway.
Festive floats and holiday cheer to light up Pasadena’s Fairmont Parkway.
The candy donation will help stock the Berry Haunted House. Follows the Oct 23 post.
Pasadena Ladies Auxiliary delivered a large candy donation to support the Berry Haunted House.
Verne Cox Multipurpose Recreation Center
The Halloween party runs October 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with trick-or-treating at 12:30.
Verne Cox Center’s Halloween party welcomes people with disabilities whether they belong to the center or not.
Precinct 2 Constables
Coffee with a Cop runs October 28 from 9 to 10 a.m. at 720 Fairmont Parkway.
Pasadena residents can bring questions to Constable Jerry Garcia over Coffee with a Cop October 28th.
Chamber of Commerce
Taste of the Town is November 5, and attendees need tickets to enter.
Taste of the Town takes off November 5th at the Convention Center, provided passengers have tickets.
Pasadena Police
McKenzie’s Pasadena Police visit was stop 47 on a tour of 699 departments.
Video: McKenzie’s thank-you-card tour gives police departments one more piece of mail to appreciate.
Armand Bayou Nature Center
The planting included 2,000 prairie plants.
Prairie Pandemonium volunteers restore Coastal tallgrass habitat at Armand Bayou with 2,000 plants.
Pasadena High
The school community cheered as Ms. Jones rang the bell after her final treatment.
Video: Pasadena High students and staff cheer as Ms. Jones rings the bell after completing her final chemotherapy treatment.
Coming up
Later today: a shelter dog named Rachel has found a home, and the Chamber shares recognition for its workforce development work. Readers can find a Fairmont Library bridge-building activity for Tuesday and a look at Frazier Elementary’s 2027 school designation. The lineup also includes a Pasadena Shred Day notice for November 7 and a report about deputies responding to a suspicious-person call on Edgebrook Drive.