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Overlooked Election on May 4 Will Impact Sharpstown Property Taxes

Overlooked Election on May 4 Will Impact Sharpstown Property Taxes

Last year, many Sharpstown-area residents and business owners were caught off guard by a drastic increase in their property taxes. For example, based on Harris County Appraisal District records, the values of my Sharpstown apartment and a neighboring complex more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. That meant the apartment

Sharpstown Area Weekend Events: 4/27-4/28/24

Sharpstown Area Weekend Events: 4/27-4/28/24

Plenty is happening in the Sharpstown area this weekend, including a community market, a shrimp and crawfish boil, a bazaar, and a free pet vaccine event. Saturday, April 27 9 AM - 1 PM: Bayou City Community Market in Westbury Baptist Church Parking Lot This local farmers' and artisans&

Sharpstown History Project Seeking Interviews, Photos from Long-Time Residents

Sharpstown History Project Seeking Interviews, Photos from Long-Time Residents

Did you or someone you know live in Sharpstown sometime between 1950 and 1990? Do you have old (or new) photos of historic Sharpstown landmarks, events, or residents? Did you grow up here? Mike Moore, author, historian, and curator of the Sharpstown History Project, is writing a book of Sharpstown

Trade Plants with Your Neighbors at the Sharpstown Earth Day Plant Swap, 4/20/24

Trade Plants with Your Neighbors at the Sharpstown Earth Day Plant Swap, 4/20/24

Have too much of one kind of plant—or not enough? Trade with your neighbors at the fifth annual Sharpstown Earth Day Plant Swap, hosted by the Sharpstown Parks Alliance and Urban Harvest. Check-in begins at Lansdale Pavilion in Monsignor Bill Pickard Park at 8:30 AM, when participants bring

Letter to the Editor: Narrowing Lanes on Bissonnet Would Pack Vehicles “Entirely too Close Together”

Letter to the Editor: Narrowing Lanes on Bissonnet Would Pack Vehicles “Entirely too Close Together”

Disclaimer: letters to the editor reflect the opinions of the individuals who submit them, not necessarily the opinions of the Sharpener’s editor. Just read your article “Setting the Record Straight about the Bissonnet Safe Streets Project”... Saw this part and had to comment, even though you didn't

Setting the Record Straight about the Bissonnet Safe Streets Project

Setting the Record Straight about the Bissonnet Safe Streets Project

Michael Berlinghof says the most dangerous part of his regular bike ride is the last twenty feet. When he tows a trailer behind his bicycle from his Robindell home to the grocery store, he must cross Bissonnet St. Residents along a seven-mile stretch of Bissonnet (Hillcroft to Dairy Ashford) say