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Where to get peaches right off the truck this summer

Want fresh fruit? The Peach Truck is coming to a stop near you in the next few months.

The owners of the company, Stephen and Jessica Rose, grew up in Georgia, but not home, they realized that not all peaches were created equal, especially when the only option is the local grocery store. They started their business in 2012, and travel across the country with their orchard-fresh peaches.

Don't miss them at Baybrook Mall in the parking lot behind The Container Store this Saturday!

Yvette Orozco, Suburban reporter producer

yvette.orozco@houstonchronicle.com

Need to Know

This is a visible light photo taken by the GOES-16 weather satellite of Hurricane Don on July 22, 2023, in the North Atlantic. Don was the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season to develop into a hurricane.

Photo by: NOAA/National Weather Service

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The Peach Truck is selling peaches now at various locations across Houston

Photo by: The Peach Truck

The Peach Truck is now selling fresh peaches at Baybrook Mall

The Peach Truck is bringing fresh fruit and making stops at area malls, farmers markets, mattress stores and other places across the Houston area this summer.

Zoe McGilbert, 7, center, performs with dancers from Lawson Academy after spontaneously joining a Juneteenth parade Saturday, June 17, 2023, in the Third Ward neighborhood in Houston.

Photo by: Jon Shapley/Staff Photographer

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Education

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, and Gov. Greg Abbott, right, talk during a swearing in ceremony on the first day of the 88th Texas Legislative Session in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Photo by: Eric Gay/Associated Press

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Openings and Closings

Marcloy Pharmacy brings personalizes care to Deer Park.
This "mom and pop" pharmacy offers prescription refills, medication counseling, nutritional supplement reviews, and free delivery, and accepts insurance.
Address: 3401 East Blvd., Suite 400 (near Pasadena Blvd.)

Shout out

Shout out to Clear Falls quarterback Landon Vessel who shined as East routs West in highest-scoring Bayou Bowl.
Ted Dunnam writes that Vessel completed 17 of 29 passes for 425 yards and seven touchdowns during the game last Saturday at Eagle Stadium.

One last thing …

These former soap opera actors have brought a new actor's workshop to the Woodlands. If you used to watch the soap, "Another World", find out here if you recognize them.