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BLACKBERRY CAKE INGREDIENTS: For the Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature 1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries 22 drops of dark navy blue food coloring (As needed) For the Blackberry Buttercream Frosting: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted 1/4 cup blackberry puree (made by blending fresh blackberries and straining out the seeds) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt For Decoration (Optional): Fresh blackberries Lemon zest Mint leaves INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans or line them with parchment paper.

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Dear Neil, My wife and I are having discussions about whether I should remove a native cedar tree from our landscape. She tests positive for allergies to cedar pollen, and this time of year, her miseries begin for a couple of months. She wants me to remove the tree, but we both think it’s very pretty if it weren’t for the pollen. Even its blueberries are attractive, and I notice the birds love them. My contention is that there are dozens of other cedars nearby and that even if I take our one tree out, she will still be hit with the pollen from other trees around us. Do you have any advice?

Flames completely engulf Judy’s Bread and Breakfast and Eva’s Salon as well as a portion of Vintage Antiques and Snazzy Things in this photo from Sunday’s devastating fire. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pittinger .

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The Alpine City Council held its first regularly scheduled meeting of the new year, during which council member Judy Stokes of Ward 1 announced that she would be stepping down from the council. “After much deliberation, I have decided to step down, by May 2024, as Ward 1 Councilor for the City of Alpine due to personal and health reasons.

Marathon ISD student speaks at Smithsonian Marathon’s Keller Barlow set about the task of competing in the Regional History Fair at Sul Ross with boundless enthusiasm, never realizing where it all would end. According to Marathon ISD superintendent Dr.

What was once the cornerstone of the downtown Alpine business district now sits in charred ruins. The majority of the 100 block of West Holland Avenue, lost to the devastating fire on May 26 sits in question to its future.

In the last few weeks, Alpine has seen three drug overdoses resulting in two deaths. The first overdose occurred at the Uncle’s truck stop and the other two occurred at a local residence.