March 25, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Dog parks on drawing boards

This town is going to the dogs. More...

Jumping for joy

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Runoff is case for appointing state judges

If anything illustrates why Texans need to shift to an appointive judicial system, particularly at the appellate level, it is the Republican runoff for Place 3 on the Texas Supreme Court. More...

Saved by flossing --flossing?

One of my newspaper publisher friends might have saved my life, and it kind of surprises me. Not that he would save my life – it’s how he did it. Bob wrote a column about flossing. Flossing. More...

Fishing

Family outing

On Friday, March 19, seven-year-old Mitchell Hiatt, top left, Weston Hiatt, 12, Hayden Hiatt, 11, and Weston Hiatt, dad, of San Antonio, fished with Port Aransas Guide Jim Adams. More...

FISHING REPORT

Anglers are out in force

Anglers, both local and visiting, were out in force during Spring Break. Other than a day or two of rain and wind, the weather was beautiful. Offshore catches were plentiful, with an abundance of kingfish, amberjack, snapper and tuna. More...

King haul

This group of anglers brought in these kingfish after an eight-hour trip aboard the Gulf Eagle out of Deep Sea Headquarters. They fished with Capt. Keith Schoolcraft on Friday, March 19. More...

Island Agenda  Free Access 

Island Agenda

DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: swim lessons, water exercise and lap swimming. Open daily except Monday. Open swim: Tuesday through Thursday,1- 2 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. More...

Coast Guard describes explosion  Free Access 

Blast felt in Port Aransas

Barge in Ingleside destroyed, two injured More...

Grosse salvages dugout canoe beached on Matagorda Island

Mark Grosse’s latest lawn ornament drifted possibly a few thousand miles to get to the Texas coast. Grosse has obtained a 22-foot dugout canoe that he recently found lying in a remote area of Matagorda Island. More...

Revamped codes, zoning get final nod

After months of talk, meetings and repeated votes at city hall, Port Aransas now has a rewritten set of city codes and a revamped zoning map. More...

Island Life

Easter week services set

A community-wide interdenominational Easter Sunday sunrise service will be held Sunday, April 4. The service will be a joint gathering of the Community Presbyterian Church, the First Baptist Church, St. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Praise the Lord

“Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol Him, all peoples! For great is His steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!” More...

Waves of coffee

Coffee Waves, featuring espresso, coffee, gelato, panini, pastry and more, officially opened for business Tuesday, March 23, at 1007 State Hwy. 361. More...

Youth

Easter Bunny to visit annual Rotary hunt

The Port Aransas Rotary Club has recruited the Easter Bunny to help with the annual Easter egg hunt. Children up to 10 years old are invited to hunt for eggs and prizes. More...

Learning and service

Students in Brundrett Middle School’s service learning class listen to a presentation made on Friday, March 12, by Melissa Johnston, who represents the South Texas chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society School and Youth Programs. More...

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Sports

A little help

Port Aransas High School baseball player Tanner Merrill shows Little League player Liam Shannon how to grip a bat during Little League practice on Wednesday, March 10. More...

Whoops!

Christian Collins scored three points in the Marlins’ final basketball game of the season and of Collins’s Marlin career on Friday, Feb. 26. More...

Charlotte gets best of Marlins; rain cancels other three games

Marlin baseballers lost three chances for games due to the rain brought on by the cold front early last week. Games scheduled against Medina, Sabinal and Junction were canceled. More...













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