Author: Bill Conrad

Richardson’s Santa’s Village begins its final weekend of the 2025 holiday season tonight at Huffhines Park, 1500 Apollo Rd., continuing through Sunday. The annual free event includes time-treasured “dwellings” along with interactive activities in each; free photos with Santa; live entertainment; concessions for sale, and free parking.

The Richardson Fire Department (RFD) delivered a truckload of items (including 1,640 toys!) to Network of Community Ministries earlier this week, the culmination of RFD’s annual Toy and Food Drive that began Nov. 24. The donations will be used by Network to help make the holiday season (and the months beyond) brighter for families in need. 

City staff presented the City Council with a recommended 2026 bond program composition at Monday’s City Council work session, following several weeks of presentations regarding candidate projects. The proposed bond program totals $223.4M, with 59.4 percent funding directed toward street projects, 16.1 percent to public buildings, 9.9 percent to parks and the rest evenly split between sidewalks and drainage projects. 

The City Council recently reviewed the FY 2024-25 year-end financial report, which showed overall strong performance across the City’s major operating funds.

The City Council approved its 2026 meeting calendar at Monday’s City Council meeting. Each December, the Council is asked to consider and approve a meeting schedule for the upcoming year to help plan for important breaks, holidays, etc., while helping guarantee that attendance at meetings will be adequate to conduct official business and deliberations.