Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Volunteers to pick up trash at 21st GLO beach cleanup       Rain or shine, the 21st annual Adopt-ABeach (AAB) Fall Cleanup will be held Saturday, Sept. 22. All along the Texas coast, volunteers will clean and record data at the 26 check-in sites of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) AAB program, announced Commissioner Jerry Patterson. More ... Run in the sun       A runner heads down the beach near the south jetty as the sun rises over the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of Monday, Sept. 17. Beach lovers will hit the beach Saturday, Sept. 22, for the 21st annual Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup. More ... No voice on RTA Mayor casts vote for Calallen rep BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       For the first time since it was 1 ½ years old, the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is without a Port Aransas representative on its board of directors. Members of the RTA's small cities committee, including Port Aransas Mayor Claude Brown, voted on Thursday, Sept. More ... Ferry ramp work begins       The tug Suzy Q noses a barge and crane into Ferry Ramp 3 on the Port Aransas side of the ship channel as the ferry Mark G. Goode heads in to discharge vehicles. Workers will have ramps 3 and 4 blocked until at least Friday, they said, and work could continue into next week. More ... City to consider options for 67 acres BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       City council members begin tonight, Thursday, Sept. 20, the process of working through a matter that has brought segments of the city into disagreement and threatened a city-wide referendum - what, if anything, should the city do with 67 acres of land it owns at the end of Port Street? More ... Trash collection hike on table BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       Expect your garbage rates to go up after the city council meeting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 20, and expect your service to decrease to once a week. More ... Post office box fees are tied to property values       Fresh from seeing their property taxes jump as much as 200 percent in some cases, Port Aransans are now looking at the same prospect with their post office boxes. Why? Because, as it turns out, the price of a post office box is tied to Port Aransas' total citywide property values. More ...