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🌱 Why Bastrop is backing away from Flock’s license plate cameras
Also check out Bastrop County Film Industry Meetup series 2026 on the Bastrop Patch calendar
Good morning Bastrop! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Bastrop is backing away from Flock's license plate cameras
- Can the Bastrop Bears keep their win streak alive vs. Anderson?
- How the Bastrop County Complex Fire still shapes Central Texas lives
Also on today's calendar: Pony Bradshaw and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Hot with partial sunshine, with a high of 100 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm; hot, temps: high: 98, low: 74.
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 100 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Central Texas is rejecting Flock license plate readers. What will Austin do? (statesman.com) — Bastrop is among several Central Texas cities moving to cut ties with Flock Safety's automated license plate reader cameras after state and local concerns about privacy and data sharing. While Austin debates whether to adopt different surveillance tools, civil liberties advocates and law enforcement leaders are clashing over how, or if, this technology should be used to investigate crimes across the region. 
• Volleyball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Bastrop (maxpreps.com) — Bastrop Bears volleyball fans can celebrate a dominant 3–0 sweep of Lockhart, marking the team's fourth straight win and improving their record to 16–12. Led by standout performances from Olive Eberly and Briana Ordaz, the Bears now turn their attention to a key in-conference matchup against Anderson on Tuesday evening.
• 15 years ago, the Labor Day wildfires upended and rewrote thousands of lives (tpr.org) — Fifteen years after the devastating Labor Day wildfires, this piece revisits how the Bastrop County Complex Fire and other Central Texas blazes displaced families and reshaped lives across the region. Through an oral history project from KUT and Texas Standard, survivors and first responders reflect on the drought-fueled disaster and how it changed their communities and personal stories.
📸 Around Bastrop
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bastrop
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★ Featured events ★
- Bastrop County Film Industry Meetup series 2026 →
Hampton Inn & Suites Bastrop, 240 S Hasler Blvd, Bastrop
6:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
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Other local events
- September 11: Patriot Day
BASTROP ISD Bastrop, TX 78602 - Texas First Responders Day
BASTROP ISD Bastrop, TX 78602 - Pony Bradshaw →
Bastrop TX
Friday September 11
Saturday September 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tennis @ LG
Smithville ISD Smithville, TX 78957
4:30 pm - Smithville Athletic Booster Club Meeting
Smithville ISD Smithville High School, 285 State Hwy 95, Smithville, TX 78957\
5:30 pm - Progress Reports go home
Smithville ISD Smithville, TX 78957 - Cross Country @ Salado Tenroc Ranch Invitational
Smithville ISD Salado, TX 76571, USA
7:00 am - Jr. High Homecoming Pep Rally
Smithville ISD Smithville, TX 78957
2:50 pm - SHS Volleyball v. WALLIS BRAZOS (HOMECOMING)
Smithville ISD Smithville, TX 78957 - September 11: Patriot Day
BASTROP ISD Bastrop, TX 78602 - 1 Hour Early Release
Del Valle ISD All campuses
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- New to Bastrop and ready to work.
Handyman and mechanical services. There's not much I won't do! Let me know how I can help. (Nextdoor Jacobs Landing) - High school BIOLOGY and GENERAL SCIENCE 2nd-8th are now included with ALL-LEVEL MATH in my offerings of tutoring.
I have some immediate openings on weekdays and weekends. I provide hands on, one-on-one sessions at my home in Pine Forest. Many local references… (Nextdoor Pine Forest)
- P. Terry's Burger Stand posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Bastrop. Apply here.
- Woodforest National Bank posted a job opening for Teller Retail Banker in Bastrop. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bastrop here.
🗞 Nearby News
Manor
- Texas high school volleyball: District play begins for Austin-area teams (statesman.com)
- Amarillo City Council to discuss camera policy after former officer's arrest (abc7amarillo.com)
Austin
- Jet Skis temporarily banned at Lake Austin during holiday weekend; new petition pushes further (kvue.com)
- Arch Manning eyes redemption in rematch with No. 1 Ohio State (statenews.net)
- Carolyn Wonderland & Shelley King (do512.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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