🌱 Why Freeport’s council hit pause on a key housing settlement
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- Why Freeport’s council hit pause on a key housing settlement
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy with periods of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 72 degrees.
- Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
- Sunday: Some sun returning; breezy, with a high of 76 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Council clashes over housing settlement deal (thefacts.com) — Freeport’s city council has delayed action on a proposed legal settlement that would clear the way for a long-disputed housing project in the Velasco Townsite, keeping the project’s future uncertain. The deal involves the city’s economic development corporation and two private developers, and aims to resolve ongoing litigation over who controls key property needed for development. 
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Yall be careful outside buddy’s are out ..
Found on my front yard under my girls swing on 11th St in Freeport.. (Nextdoor Velasco)
- Amports posted a job opening for Marine Superintendent in Freeport. Apply here.
- ABM Industries posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner in Freeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Freeport here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lake Jackson
- How Selena Called Me Home to Texas (thebarbedwire.com)
- Selena would be 55 today. 5 lesser-known facts (statesman.com)
- What happened to Selena Quintanilla's husband Chris Perez? Where he is 31 years after the singer's death (hellomagazine.com)
Angleton
- Angleton's 'Sunshine' Morales a team player through and through (thefacts.com)
- Police blotter for April 16, 2026 (thefacts.com)
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