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Schedules change for holiday Get your banking done and put out the trash for the Independence Day holiday. Banks in Port Aransas will be closed Friday, July 4, but trash will be collected on the normal schedule. City hall will be closed, but the city's first responders (police, firefighters and emergency medical service per... More ...
A beach sticker, required to park on Mustang Island beaches everywhere except in I.B. Magee Beach Park, is one of the items the city staff wants visitors and residents to become more aware of. Stickers can be bought from vendors like Tom Cullinan, above, who works for TLS Beach Rentals, or from an... More ... City lists top 10 beach violations The city wants to remind residents and visitors that it's easy to forget what's legal and illegal on the beach. So Planning and Projects Director David Parsons put together a list of the top 10 beach violations that could result in a fine. More ...
Reading is one way to stay, be, cool One of the biggest challenges parents face during the summer months is keeping their children busy. Many children stay active by going to various summer camps and programs. However, there are also children who spend numerous hours watching TV or playing video games. This is the perfect time to ... More ... 'FLEX TIME' Yoga set for beach on July 12 Enjoy a beach morning and start your day in serenity at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, July 12. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. The public is invited to attend the class held the second Saturday of the month. More ...
RACHEL PEARSON On Sunday night, our third night on the road, Rory and I had a weird time. At 11 p.m., we crossed the Missouri River from Omaha into Iowa, and found the only place open to eat. It was a casino. Inside, near the glow of the slots, we ate bad soup and watched men who looked like ex-high school bas... More ...
Danielle N. Girdley and Andrew J. Lucas were married on Saturday, June 28, at the Port Aransas Presbyterian Church.The bride is the daughter of Tony and Lisa Mellin of Aransas Pass. She graduated form Port Aransas High School in 2004.The groom is the son of Paul and Margaret Lucas and Ron and Joyc... More ... Wildlife photos in exhibit The Art Center for the Islands will host a First Friday reception on July 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. This month's exhibit will showcase the winning photographs from the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest. The reception, to be held at the art center, 323 N. Alister St., will feature the wildlife and h... More ...
BILL SLINGERLAND The Fourth of July is tomorrow, and I know many of you will be firing up the grill for one of my favorite meals. This weekend, cross our glorious country, free citizens will be consuming hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, ribs and fajitas. The meat is always the star of the meal, but I am a big fan of... More ...
FOR THE BIRDS Look I can't stay away from the least grebe family, so I went to check on them and found one adult out feeding with two chicks. The two youngsters were staying close enough to be fed every now and then, but would get carried away with their own swimming and hunting and pop up far away from the ad... More ... Poetry Slam gets name, set July 25 Port Aransas' second Poetry Slam was held on Friday, June 27, at Sips Wine and Coffee Bar, 162 W. Cotter Ave. Chris Starnes of Rockport took the grand prize of $10 and a $10 gift certificate to Sips. A name has been chosen for the Port Aransas Poetry Slam chapter -- Sand Slam. The name was sugge... More ...
Below, famous surfer Robert August autographs a T-shirt for Pamela Perabo of Corpus Christi at Port A Surf Co., a Port Aransas surf shop where August was making a promotional appearance on Saturday, June 28. More ...
Mirko Latkovic emigrated from Montenegro to Port Aransas BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER Mirko Latkovic loves the Fourth of July holiday. "I like how the people come from everywhere, share their time, talk and meet together," he said. But Latkovic, a Port Aransas resident since 2002, has another reason for adoring Independence Day, and it has nothing to do with fireworks. He became ... More ...
Marlin, a 14-month-old black Labrador retriever, leaps from a bulkhead at Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor on Monday, June 16. Marlin was chasing a plastic bottle half-full of water thrown into the water by his owner, Justin Kahn, 13, of Port Aransas. Justin and Marlin went through the exercise mor... More ... Mayor, angry at council, plans to 'just show up' BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER SOUTH JETTY An irate Mayor Claude Brown told the South Jetty after the June 19 city council meeting that, failing better cooperation from other city council members, "I'm just going to show up at the meetings. More ...
TONY AMOS Captain Harold, who steers the Jetty Boat across the ship channel several times every day, called me last Thursday to say that one of his passengers had seen a sea turtle come out of the sea on San Jose Island, lay her eggs, and go back into the Gulf again. More ...
Laughing gulls look for a hand-out from 3-year-old Riley Gunter of Atlanta, Ga., who was visiting Port Aransas for a family reunion. More ... Sunset Sounds concert series featuring Johnson Grass July 11 Pack a picnic, blanket and cooler and head down to Sunset Sounds, Friday, July 11. The concert, from 7-9 p.m. at the Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in Roberts Point Park, will feature Johnson Grass, an American bluegrass band. More ...
KATE WILLIAMS Our dog smelled like decomposing flesh. She had a large tumor growing behind her left ear. It was gross and bloody. And it stank. Of course we took her to the vet to have it checked out. I was bathing her (a miracle in itself) and came across the bulbous growth. It had been hidden from view until... More ...
On Friday, June 27, a survey crew's vehicle started a grass fire on the north side of State Hwy. 361, just south of Island Moorings. More ... POLICE BLOTTER CITY OF PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, JUNE 23 • 10:14 a.m. A vehicle theft was reported in the 300 block of East Avenue G. The cart was later returned and late fees were paid. • 10:50 A burglary was reported in the 200 block of La Joya. • 1:38 p.m. More ... Quarrel results in felony assault A Port Aransas man has been released from the Nueces County Jail on bond, and another has been released from the hospital, after an apparent quarrel that ended with the victim being hit twice by a pickup truck. Police say Zeb Ancel Brundrett, 27, hit Allen Lee Auldridge, 31, twice with a pickup t... More ... CONSTABLE'S BEAT NUECES COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 SUNDAY, JUNE 22 • 10:50 a.m. A deputy charged a driver on the beach with driving with a suspended license. MONDAY, JUNE 23 • 7:50 p.m. A deputy called to I.B. Magee Beach Park charged four people variously with public intoxication (PI), disorderly conduct-exposure, possession of drug parapher... More ... Child abandonment charges filed An Aransas Pass woman is in the Nueces County Jail charged with abandoning a child after a deputy constable found her and a man having sex in a lifeguard stand at I.B. Magee Beach Park on Monday, June 23. Nueces County Precinct 4 Constable Bobby Sherwood's office reported that they were called at... More ... Constables' salaries, benefits, cars clarified That's not quite the way things operate, Nueces County Precinct 4 Constable Bobby Sherwood told the South Jetty. More ... Volunteers on wheels needed The City of Port Aransas Meals on Wheels food program is in need of volunteers. A driver is needed for each Tuesday of the month and standby volunteers are needed as substitutes when the need arises. The Meals on Wheels program provides nutritious meals to elderly citizens Monday through Friday. More ... |
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