The proposed zoning for Park Crossing High School, set to open for the 2013-2014 school year, was discussed during a called meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education on Friday. The boundary for the proposed zone in the eastern part of the county would run north from the Montgomery/Pike county line along Hobbie Road…

Three schools and one in the making are reaping the benefits of the recent opening of Park Crossing in east Montgomery. Deputy Mayor Jeff Downes called the three-mile corridor that connects Ray Thorington Road and Taylor Road a safer, more convenient travel option. Its opening affects the traffic of Wilson and Blount Elementary schools and…

Think Park Crossing Thunderbirds has a nice ring to it? The committee tasked with establishing a name and mascot for the new east high school does.  That’s what they intend to recommend to the Montgomery County Board of Education. The committee, which met for the second time Monday, selected Park Crossing High School as the…

It is only a two-mile segment of roadway, but this short road could represent a shortcut to a new high school and an explosive development that Montgomery officials envision for this portion of east Montgomery. From the vantage point of today’s struggling economy, it is difficult to imagine that new residential developments with the potential…

Registration for Montgomery Public Schools pre-kindergarten programs started Monday and will continue for the next couple weeks. Students may attend the pre-k program at the site where their zoned school is clustered. Parents can find that information by logging onto the Montgomery Public Schools website. There is a pre-k site located at Wilson Elementary School,…

Fitness balls instead of chairs, time in the garden and not just the classroom, and lessons that incorporate nutrition are all part of a collaborative effort at Wilson Elementary School focused on helping students make healthy choices. Several area groups – Baptist Health, the Alabama chapter of the Institute for America’s Health and Bonnie Plant…

More than 80 dedicated athletes of all ages wouldn’t let a continuous downpour slow them down Saturday morning as they splashed through puddles and cycled their way around an east Montgomery course. The New Park Family Duathlon was held under monsoon-like conditions at the James W. Wilson, Jr. YMCA, but directors said the only thing…

The New Park Family Duathlon at the Wilson YMCA on Ray Thorington Road is Saturday, May 15th at 9 a.m. he adult distance is a 2-mile run, a 10-mile bike, followed by another 2-mile run. The kid’s distance (age 12 and under) is a 1-mile run, a 4-mile bike, followed by a half-mile run. Spectators…

New Park, the city’s newest neighborhood in East Montgomery off Ray Thorington Road, is pleased to announce that Alabama Power is partnering with Hugh Cole Builder, Inc., in constructing the City’s first ENERGY STAR home in New Park, which will feature high energy efficient heat pumps and a Marathon electric water heater. Other energy efficient…