The Bloomfield Schoolhouse is good to go. Chris Aquinaldo, a member of the Historic Review Board and a professional contractor, worked on renovating the historic structure to allow it to reopen to the public. “I’m not sure [whether] it took on water, but the foundation was failing, and the center rafters were starting to buckle in the middle,” he said. “They had put in some temporary jacks, but it wasn’t holding it well. So, basically for safety concerns, [they] closed it unt

There’s a push for better access to the historic St. John’s Cemetery near Pilot Point. Shaun Treat presented about Quakertown and the Ku Klux Klan’s involvement in Denton County, including Pilot Point, in past decades at Denton City Council Member Keely G. Briggs District 2 Conversation at 2 p.m. Sunday at North Branch Denton Library. The history lesson came from the former UNT communications professor and audience member Willie Hudspeth, the president of the Denton County NA

Garage Door Theater presents Western with punky twist Pilot Point Community Opera House is setting up to present the old Western farce, “The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch” Feb. 21. A traditional farce is loaded with clichés, director Charlene Ledbetter said. The play, written in the 1970s, has some social political undertones. “Since it’s a farce, we’re just poking fun at the whole thing,” she said. “Since it’s a Western, and I wanted to have fun with it, and make it somethi

Hometown met home movies Friday evening at the Opera House. Lifelong Pilot Point residents and newcomers filled just about every seat in the stage room in the Opera House to learn about the town’s history by watching something akin to Granny’s home movies as part of Remembering Pilot Point. About 10 or 12 years ago the late Clifton Irick and Jay Melugin made a video of pictures and some video of Pilot Point’s history, Clifton’s son Steve Irick said. “Over the last six months,