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The East Montgomery County Improvement District turned its attention to the “men and women in blue” at the 2015 Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner held Monday, February 23. Officers from area police departments, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Constable’s Office were recognized for their outstanding achievements. Maurice “Termite” Watkins, a former boxer-turned-motivational speaker, inspired the […]

The Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office made 45 felony arrests and 78 misdemeanor arrests, for a total of 123 between October 15, 2014 and January 15, 2015. The effort, called the Safe Shopper Program, aimed at reducing shoplifting in several high-traffic areas during the Christmas holiday shopping season. EMCID paid the Constable’s Office $38,400

The East Montgomery County Scholarship Foundation (EMCSF), a non-profit subsidiary of the East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID), is proud to offer a new merit-based scholarship that will be awarded to current college students from East Montgomery County who plan to continue their education. The $500 scholarship will be awarded to 20 students each year

The East Montgomery County Improvement District will hold its annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner Monday, February 23 at the EMCID Complex, 21575 U.S. Highway 59 North in New Caney, at 7 p.m. This year’s keynote speaker is former boxer and Golden Gloves Champion Maurice “Termite” Watkins. Nicknamed Termite because of his family’s pest control business

Two additional Community Development Grants (CDG) totaling more than $108,000 were approved by the Board of Directors at its January 8, 2015 meeting. The grant requests, for Heaven’s Army of Resources and the Splendora Softball Association, were submitted in the fall but required amendments to the original applications. CDGs are funded twice a year to

It’s no secret the East Montgomery County Improvement District is a huge suppporter of law enforcement. Since 1998, EMCID has lent support financially by providing more than $540,000 to East Montgomery County’s police officers and constable’s deputies. The funds have allowed school districts and city and county law enforcement agencies to buy items like body

Law enforcement will be better protected, teachers will have more money for the classroom and boy scouts will be better equipped at their next campout thanks to support from the Board of Directors of the East Montgomery County Improvement District and its Community Development Grant program (CDG). The Board awarded checks totaling $128,957.51 to nine organizations

Volunteers at the Mission Northeast were up to their eyeballs in turkeys (literally at times) when EMCID delivered 50 frozen birds to its donation warehouse Wednesday, December 10. EMCID’s Board of Directors also showed up with 20 small hams. The non-profit organization, which expects to feed approximately 450 families (or about 2,000 people) this Christmas,

The East Montgomery County Improvement District’s Safe Shopper program, which consists of increased security patrols by the Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office before, during and after the holiday shopping season, is also responsible for the arrest last Thursday, November 6 of an alleged arsonist. Chief Deputy Barry Welch said a deputy constable patrolling the