Groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for 287-acre Railroad Park
A formal groundbreaking ceremony for Lewisville’s new 287-acre park and athletic complex will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, starting at 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will be held near the intersection of Bennett Lane and Railroad Street, and will include a brief presentation by Mayor Gene Carey.

First Choice Power helps “green” Lewisville’s Western Day
First Choice Power and the City of Lewisville are teaming up to bring recycling to the popular Western Day festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27, in Old Town Lewisville. The joint effort will place 50 recycling boxes around the festival zone, encouraging the expected crowd of 20,000-plus to keep their empty cans and plastic bottles out of landfills.

Play Ball! Vintage exhibition to kick of Western Day festival
Images of the Old West can include cowboys, trail drives, wagon trains and rodeos. But history shows that the picture is not complete without two teams of nine players each facing off on the baseball diamond. In that spirit, the Western Day 2008 festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, in Old Town Lewisville will kick off with a Vintage Base Ball exhibition.

City Council approves residency restrictions for registered sex offenders
The Lewisville City Council on Monday approved an ordinance that prohibits some registered sex offenders from living within 1,500 feet of schools, daycares, playgrounds and other public places where children routinely gather.