Wells Branch, Texas Community News and Events

January 28th, 2012 Tunbridge Wells bank manager Lorna Keary convicted of £127000 fraud – This is Kent


Tunbridge Wells bank manager Lorna Keary convicted of £127000 fraud
This is Kent
The court was told that money went missing while Keary was local business manager at the Tunbridge Wells branch of HSBC in 2009. She was said to have opened false accounts and then used them to take out loans of thousands of pounds.

January 27th, 2012 Museum event explores Central Texas shipwrecks

The state’s marine archaeologist will Central Texas shipwrecks during the February installment of the Williamson Museum’s monthly Salon speakers series. As the State Marine Archeologist at the Texas Historical Commission, Amy Borgens is

January 26th, 2012 Foodways Texas to host symposium on preserving food culture in March

Preserving Texas food culture is a big part of the mission of Foodways Texas, so it makes sense that the group’s second symposium (the first in Austin) is dedicated to just that: preservation. The nonprofit announced this week

January 25th, 2012 Gourmands revels in the details

Just a mile or so east of downtown, you'll find Gourmands Neighborhood Pub, a new restaurant filling a similar but entirely different niche as Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden.

January 25th, 2012 Easy Tiger is off to roaring start with breads, beer garden

David Norman is still thinking about those pretzels in Germany. It's been more than 25 years since he was a student of German literature studying abroad in Munich, but those perfect twists of yeasty dough he fell in love with at the university there have inspired a baking career that has led him to Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden, a new restaurant on East Sixth Street that, if you look closely, is an homage to the German foodways that connect Central Texas to its European roots.

January 25th, 2012 Openings, closings 
& coming soon

• Moving: The South Austin location of Kerbey Lane Cafe has moved from its home at 2700 S. Lamar Blvd.

January 25th, 2012 Crooked bank manager Lorna Keary faces jail – Kent Online


Kent Online

Crooked bank manager Lorna Keary faces jail
Kent Online
Keary, who had previously been a commercial manager at the Tunbridge Wells branch, said she accepted there had been a fraud committed at HSBC between 2006 and 2009 and the culprit must have been an employee. But she denied being the perpetrator.

January 25th, 2012 Bank manager guilty of fraud

A crooked bank manager who salted away tens of thousands of pounds using false accounts is facing a jail sentence.

January 25th, 2012 Weather road closures and power outages – Austin News


Weather road closures and power outages
Austin News
KXAN viewers are reporting power outages in Pflugerville near Wells Branch and Dessau areas. KXAN viewer Luce Garcia from Pflugerville says water has flooded her garage and is coming up to her front door. For more on the weather situation, ...

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January 25th, 2012 Williamson County’s road bond program has completed 98 projects, dozens more on tap

Williamson County has added 287 miles of roadway since voters approved $578 million in bonds in 2000 and 2006 for county road projects.