Maui’s Meals—a home-based dog food business—has expanded to sell its products in new locations in Porter and Kingwood, owner Rebecca Balaskovits confirmed Sept. 8.

Zooming in: The business originally began operating in April 2025, selling products at local vendor markets and online, as previously reported by Community Impact.

On Aug. 14, Maui’s Meals began offering products at Kingwood Pet Resort, Balaskovits said. Beginning Sept. 8, the business’s products became available at Yepes Animal Hotel.

• Yepes Animal Hotel, 20240 Old Sorters Road, Porter; Kingwood Pet Resort, 619 Lakeville Drive, Kingwood

Founded over 20 years ago, the Lone Star College Academy for Lifelong Learning program offers free and low-cost classes, events and activities for adults age 50 and older taught by volunteer teachers.

About the program: Founded at the Montgomery campus in 2000, Duval said other campuses soon followed and began offering the Academy for Lifelong Learning program at the Cy-Fair, Kingwood and North Harris campuses in 2004. Later expanding to other campuses, the program has remained an influential opportunity for seniors who want to continue expanding their skills.

With over 23 categories of courses offered, Duval said art, history and culinary classes are among the most popular.

Quote of note: “Once you're retired, a lot of people just don't know what else to do. They don't know where to go to hang out, or they lose contact with some of their friends who are still working,” Duval said. “So our goal is to keep them active and help them make new friends and keep them engaged with other people who have similar interests.”

Montgomery County Commissioners met Sept. 3 meeting to review and consider the 2025 road bond financial report and voted 5-0 to consider modifications to the Keeshan Building remodel project.

Budget Officer Amanda Carter said according to the financial report, the county received a total income of over $192 million. No action was taken on the monthly report.

What happened: The county reported  $188 million in bond proceeds and $4.23 million in interest income, bringing total revenue for the program to $192.23 million, according to agenda documents.. Of that amount, commissioners have allocated $166.7 million toward road projects, leaving $25.5 million for future allocations. The county also has $67.6 million in cash remaining in its road bond account.

Carter mentioned the next pool of funds will likely get started at a future commissioners court meeting in October. 

The budget also showed:

• $36 million encumbered funds,or committed through contracts and other obligations

• Close to $125 million spent

The tranche will be available at the end of December or January, Carter said.
Another note: Commissioners also voted 5-0 on the recommendation to use MJR Services Inc as the vendor for the interior buildout plan for Precinct 3’s new, 8,000-square-foot- senior center, according to agenda documents. 

Also up for discussion was the Old Plantersville Road Rehabilitation, Widening and Reconstruction road bond for Precinct 1. Purchasing Agent Kelly Vidal said the bid was awarded to Larry Young Paving, Inc. for $3.9 million. The last road bond item on the agenda included the  Precinct 1 Farrell Road Widening from Seven Coves Road to FM 2432 . Commissioners voted 5-0 on the recommendation to award the bid to Top Star Construction, LLC for  $4.4 million. 

For the first time in over a decade, there is no incumbent in the Texas attorney general's race as Republican Ken Paxton runs for U.S. Senate.

Democrat Nathan Johnson, a state senator from Dallas; Republican Mayes Middleton, a state senator from Galveston; and Libertarian Tom Oxford, an attorney from Nederland, are running to replace him this November. Community Impact asked the candidates for their perspectives on Texas' open records laws, state litigation and other topics.

How we got here: Johnson and Middleton each won their primary runoff elections in May, Community Impact reported, while Oxford was selected as the Texas Libertarian Party's candidate during an April nominating convention.

Looking ahead: Early voting in eight statewide races and dozens of local elections runs from Oct. 19-30. Election Day is Nov. 3.