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  • Below, hundreds of people visited downtown Marble Falls for the Eclipse Block Party in Harmony Park at Third and Main. Attendees witnessed darkness, during the total solar eclipse around 1:36 p.m. that lasted about four minutes. Jeff Shabram/The Highlander
    Below, hundreds of people visited downtown Marble Falls for the Eclipse Block Party in Harmony Park at Third and Main. Attendees witnessed darkness, during the total solar eclipse around 1:36 p.m. that lasted about four minutes. Jeff Shabram/The Highlander
  • Connie Swinney/ The Highlander Johnny Rogers and his wife Debbie performed April 8, during the Eclipse Block Party in downtown Marble Falls.
    Connie Swinney/ The Highlander Johnny Rogers and his wife Debbie performed April 8, during the Eclipse Block Party in downtown Marble Falls.
Marble Falls Mayor Dave Rhodes made his way to Harmony Park April 8 to greet first-time visitors and shake hands with a few familiar fac - es as well. He came for the Eclipse Block Party which coincided with the celestial event."If Marble Falls is a destination, this helps give us identity," Rhodes told The Highlander . "On a Monday, Main Street businesses re- mained open.“The whole town…

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