NEWS
Hashmi family returns as the lone bidder for BMH property
Dr. Hasan Farid Hashmi
By BARBARA GREEN
With a second round of bid letting completed, the Bowie Hospital Authority is almost back where it started in early December with the Hashmi family from the Texas General Hospital group the sole bidder for the hospital.
The board of trustees met Monday evening to open the bid submitted by Dr. Hasan Farid Hashmi and his son, Faraz Hashmi. The price for the building and related buildings is $1.5 million to be paid in cash at the time of closing.
The bid includes the main hospital, former rehabilitation building, laundry and two-story house next to rehab.
The bid does not include the accounts receivable, which was a separate item in the bid package.
The board will meet at noon on Feb. 19 to consider the bid after it has been reviewed by legal counsel.
Back on Nov. 30, the Hashmi family made a bid through Texas General Hospital, its company that operates two hospitals in Grand Prairie and Grand Saline. Both were hospitals that had closed and were resurrected.
Dr. Hasan Hashmi is a prominent Paskistani surgeon specializing in colorectal surgery with a Lewisville base. His son, Faraz, vice president of operations for TGH, met with the board back in December. Both he and his father were present at Monday’s meeting. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Top Photo: Faraz Hashmi talked with the board last December. (News file photo)
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Looking toward the future, the Bowie City Council Tuesday night voted to add an assistant city manager position promoting Public Works Director Stony Lowrance to the job.
The agenda listed an executive session to discuss evaluation of the city manager. Councilors went to closed session at 6:30 p.m. and 15 minutes later asked City Manager Bert Cunningham and Lowrance to come in. After 15 minutes they left the session and a few minutes later the full council came back to open session.
Councilor Brent Shaw, in making the motion for the assistant city manager, pointed to expanded duties the manager has undertaken. Councilor Boyd Hulstine made the second as the vote received unanimous approval.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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