Meeting highlights: At an upcoming Oct. 6 special meeting, the Montgomery ISD board of trustees will review multiple updates and presentations. The board will:

• Review a delinquent tax report presentation concerning the district's finances

• Review two presentations on academic standards, including a campus academic success plan and an update on the virtual learning program

• Vote to approve the spending of over $50,000 to install a cell service booster in The DEN, which is the district's Career and Technical Education center funded through a $326.9 million bond passed in May 2022

One more thing: The special meeting will take place at 5 p.m. at 1520 Lone Star Parkway, Montgomery.

On Sept. 30, a water main break in the city of Willis caused a major decrease in water pressure citywide and prompted a boil water notice. The situation led Willis ISD students and staff to bring their own water bottles and sanitization methods to school.

Latest update: The city of Willis restored water service to the Roark, Cannan, Hardy, Parmley, Lynn Lucas and Stubblefield campuses.

According to Sarah Blakelock, the district's chief communications officer, water service was expected to be restored to the remaining campuses very soon. Mayor William Brown announced that state requirements required the water to be tested before the boil water notice could be lifted.

The city submitted water samples to its labs and received the results on Oct. 2, which led to the boil water notice being lifted.

"All water samples have been tested, and the results came back negative," Brown said in a social media post.

The nonprofit Houston Parks Board is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, HPB President and CEO Justin Schultz said.

The history: Founded in 1976, the group works to expand, improve and protect parks and green space in the Houston region by building, renovating and managing projects. Over the past 50 years, the board has invested about $500 million in parks and green space using public, philanthropic and corporate funding.

The parks board typically works on about 50 projects at any given time, including more than 170 miles of connected trails. Moving forward, Schultz said the board has three main priorities:

• Adding 50 miles of trail to the existing network

• Investing in Houston's about 180 neighborhood parks

• Building the Hill at Sims and MacGregor parks

Several trending stories emerged from the northern portion of the Greater Houston area between Sept. 25-Oct. 1:

• Power Electronics breaks ground on 53-acre manufacturing campus in Houston area

• TxDOT proposes $209M widening for portion of Grand Parkway

• Maintaining Lake Houston: Dredging and Maintenance District looks to provide long-term solution

• Klein Farmers Market to hold grand opening in Spring-Klein area

• Walmart debuts modernized store, expanded offerings in Porter

• Midnight Cravingz announces grand opening, specials

• Tomball and Magnolia businesses work against rising costs

• Conroe Icehouse opening soon