Orange eyes Residential Tax Abatement Program
Dave Rogers
For The Record
The City of Orange appears ready to steal a page from Vidor’s playbook.
Orange City Council members
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Dave Rogers
For The Record
The City of Orange appears ready to steal a page from Vidor’s playbook.
Orange City Council members
Proposed Orange budget targets improvements
Photo: Kelvin Knauf, acting city manager for Orange, explains the MadVac mobile vacuum machine during an Aug. 8 city council budget
Hunt for new Orange city manager nears end
Photo: City council members check out City of Orange’s new grapple truck prior to Thursday evening’s special meeting at the
Jack Smith named Person of Year
Orange City Attorney John Cash “Jack” Smith, an Orange High grad and local lawyer for five decades, is The Record Newspapers Person
Orange council runoff vote starts Monday
Dave Rogers / For The Record
Early voting begins Monday, June 3, for the June 15 runoff election for two seats on Orange City
City considers outdoor multi-sport complex
Photo: Orange Mayor Larry Spears, Jr., talks Tuesday night to citizens interested in a new outdoor sports complex for the city
City streets set for ice cream trucks
Dave Rogers
For The Record
It wasn’t a campaign promise and might be dwarfed by the millions council members recently
City OKs incentive for Triangle Rescue
The Orange city council recently gave first approval of an Orange Economic Development Corporation incentive for Triangle Rescue
City set to sell old fire station
Photo: The city of Orange is taking steps to sell the old fire station on MacArthur Drive, next to Lions City Park. The structure
City budget talks spell natatorium’s end
Dave Rogers / For The Record
Mayor Larry Spears, Jr. wants the Orange Natatorium converted into a recreation center for city
Rate hikes likely as Orange eyes budget
Dave Rogers
For The Record
The cost of keeping the City of Orange running and making it a place citizens want to live a year
City OKs restaurant, subdivision; nixes trash
Dave Rogers
For The Record
Orange officially got a new restaurant Tuesday – with a contingency – and a new housing subdivision
Councilors put priorities on road repairs
Cutline: Orange City Manager Shawn Oubre, right, discusses “quality of life” improvement options with city councilmen and citizens
New Orange mayor eyes quality of life
Dave Rogers
For The Record
Larry Spears Jr. loves his hometown and the feeling seemed mutual Saturday night.
Results of the
Mayor pro-tem Spears seeks top job
Dave Rogers
For The Record
Orange will have a new mayor this year and Larry Spears, Jr., wants to be that new mayor.
Filing for
City adopts 2018 budget, tax rate
Dave Rogers / For The Record
The City of Orange approved a $38 million budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which begins Sunday
County, cities join in debris pickup
A FEMA monitor, right, watches as a grapple truck removes debris from a yard in Terry Estates Thursday afternoon. The pile of
County delivers tiny tax rate cut
Dave Rogers / For The Record
As a gesture, it was token.
Orange County commissioners’ court authorized a tax rate cut of
Debris haulers set for county
Dave Rogers / For The Record
Hurricane Harvey debris removal trucks should be moving about Orange County Wednesday.
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City reacts to storm, OKs budget
PHOTO: Orange City Council voted to allow recreational vehicles and travel trailers on residential property for a year homes damaged
Meetings eye taxes, Harvey response
Tax rates, budgets and Hurricane Harvey are on the agendas of several local governments meeting in open session the next couple of