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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. 6 Austin metro transportation updates to know (communityimpact.com) — Cedar Park drivers will see five new traffic signals added at key intersections, including Brushy Creek Road, New Hope Drive, Cottonwood Creek Trail, and Cypress Creek Road, following City Council's approval of a $1.7 million contract. Construction is expected to start soon and take about nine months, meaning safer, more controlled crossings by late spring or early summer 2027.
2. 2 aerospace and military manufacturing companies coming to Cedar Park (communityimpact.com) — Cedar Park is set to gain two aerospace and military manufacturers, bringing more than $40 million in investment and about 240 new jobs. City Council has approved up to $1 million in incentives for Machine Sciences Corporation, tied to job and investment milestones at a Cedar Park facility through 2034.
3. Sting's sons Steven & Garrett Borden teaming together for first time (f4wonline.com) — A major independent wrestling event is headed to Cedar Park this November, as Rhodes Wrestling Association's Fall Fury 2026 brings Sting's sons Steven and Garrett Borden together for their first-ever tag team match. The brothers will face The 8th Day at the promotion's two-year anniversary show, while Steven continues building his profile with AEW and other indie dates.
4. Cedar Park toddler's lungs collapse while on family vacation (fox7austin.com) — A Cedar Park family is grappling with their two-year-old daughter Eliza's collapsed lungs and severe esophagus damage, discovered while on a Minnesota vacation and requiring weeks of hospitalization. Now back home, they're preparing for possible major surgery and years of recovery while facing about $400,000 in out-of-pocket medical bills, and are asking the community for financial help.
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