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May 24, 2007  RSS feed


Golf course fuels development
High density projects make most use of expensive properties
There's no denying there's a whole lotta building going on in Port Aransas. For starters, just look at 11th, Station and Cotter streets, and State Highway 361 South. Construction is in full swing along each thoroughfare, and many projects will be complete within the next six or seven months. More...
Easement costs cancel bike path plans
City is out $40,000 with nothing to show for it
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The city of Port Aransas has paid about $40,000 toward the cost of building a new bike path, only to cancel the project without an inch of the path actually being built. More...

Residents to pitch in to repair center
Boatmen will lead crusade to restore Community Center
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The aging Port Aransas Community Center and surrounding property will undergo an historic facelift within the next several months, if plans go as some community groups hope Volunteers are planning to extensively refurbish the 58-year-old building's exterior and do More...

 Island Life
• article has image PASTOR'S PEN
Color me red
This coming Sunday, May 27, is celebrated as the Day of Pentecost in some of our churches. The word Pentecost refers to the "50" and the Day of Pentecost concludes seven weeks of celebrating the redemption we received in Jesus' resurrection at Easter. More...
• article has image Swearing in
• article has image Goodbye hug
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 Youth
• article has image EDUCATION NOTES
Spring time at middle school
As the school year draws to an end, there is a flurry of activity here at Brundrett Middle School. Actually, much of the year in middle school is a flurry of activity; in the spring it just intensifies. Here are some of the highlights and the reflections these events bring forth. More...
• article has image Music fills the air
• article has image Cortez chosen to receive Ford education award
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 Fishing
• Free boat safety checks Saturday
Free safety vessel checks will be offered to all boaters Saturday, May 26. As part of National Safe Boating Week, members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Rockport Flotilla 79 will perform the inspections at the Conn Brown Harbor boat launch ramp in Aransas Pass from 2 to 6 p.m. More...
• article has image Sweet catch
• article has image Bay sweep
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 Sports
• Swim team registration still open
Swimmers who missed registration for the Port Aransas Swim Team Wednesday, May 23, still have a chance to become a member. Call Nana Ward at 749-6426 as soon as possible to sign up. Registration fee for the first child is $50 and includes a team swim shirt and competition swimsuits for meets. More...
• Little League season to end this Saturday
• article has image Memorial Day: Fire up the grill!
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 Obituaries
• article has image Williamson
Lois Ova Gearhart Williamson of Blackwell died Saturday afternoon, May 5, 2007, at her granddaughter 's home in Stillwater, Okla. She was 91 and had spent more than 38 years with her husband as Winter Texans in Port Aransas. More...
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 Island Agenda
• article has image Full Story
DAILY + Joint Effort Leisure Ministry (JELM) Center, 113 S. Alister behind Community Presbyterian Church office, welcome room open to Winter Texans. Coffee, cookies and activity schedules. + Community Park Swimming Pool offers swim lessons and lap swimming, water exercise. Open daily except Mondays for swimming and more. Call 749-2416 for information. More...
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