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5 road projects to look for in Keller, Northeast Fort Worth
Check out these five updates on transportation projects underway or completed in Keller and Northeast Fort Worth.
1. Chandler Road reconstruction Project: Reconstructing and repaving all of Chandler Road. Update: Paving for the project has finished. Striping is planned for the last week of September, said Rachel Reynolds, city of Keller’s communication and public engagement manager.
Timeline: expected completion by the end of September
Market on the Stage offers everyday essentials, dry-cleaning services in Keller
A new convenience store has opened along north Main Street in Keller.
Zooming in: Market on the Stage sells household supplies like paper towels and toilet paper. It also offers snacks such as chips and candies, and has a selection of beer and wine items. Customers can also drop off clothes in need of dry-cleaning, according to a City of Keller social media post.
8 new mobile STEM labs to visit 270 Texas school districts this school year
Education in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, may become more accessible for Texas public school students this school year.
What happened: Officials from national education nonprofit Learning Undefeated and the Texas Education Agency celebrated the opening of eight new mobile STEM labs at a Sept. 10 ribbon-cutting ceremony in Austin. The TEA-funded labs are expected to visit 270 school districts across the state in the 2025-26 school year.
Notable quote: “In an ever-changing world, access to STEM education remains critical to help prepare our students for career pathways and lifelong success,” said Alejando Delgado, TEA deputy commissioner of operations.
The overview: Learning Undefeated built eight new mobile STEM labs after receiving a $3.5 million grant from the TEA, according to Learning Defeated information. The organization opened its first mobile STEM lab in Texas in 2020.
The nine regionally-based labs will now visit elementary and middle school campuses across the state’s 20 educational service center regions. Kindergarten through eighth grade students may participate in a variety of STEM activities to learn engineering design.
Check out 6 restaurants newly opened in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
Looking to explore food opportunities beyond your community? Check out the following restaurant news from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, as previously reported by Community Impact.
1. Flower Mound: Supreme Boil: The restaurant offers Cajun food and seafood boils, which includes a choice of mussels, clams, crawfish or shrimp, according to its website.
Opened Aug. 1
2321 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 413, Flower Mound
2. Frisco: Musume: Musume at The Star’s menu includes sushi and sashimi made with fresh fish flown in daily from Japan, as well as authentic Asian cuisine offered in both small and large plates, vegetarian and vegan dishes, salads, tempura and ramen. It also features a six-or-eight course Omakase curated daily by chef Yuzo Toyama, a company news release states.
