Wanda and Jim Williams of Tribbey, Okla., were named Winter Texans of the Year at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministries recently. The couple is part of the group of musicians who originated Golden Oldies at the Pollock Center 11 years ago. More...

Friday, April 30, 2010 Roberts Point Park For information about Relay for Life, events or fundraisers, call event chair Lisa Shelton at (361) 249-6792. For team information, call team captain chair Robyn McKinney at (361) 945-5907. More...

Performances of “Cheatin,’” a comedy by Del Shores, continue tonight, Thursday, April 1, at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. The play can be seen Thursday, Friday and Saturday, through April 17, at 7:30 p.m. More...

A bake sale and prize-drawing ticket sales to help fund a trip to the Washington, D.C., People to People Academic Program will be held on Friday, April 2, at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., from 4 to 7 p.m. More...

Port Aransas High School students need look no further than H.G. Olsen Elementary School for something to do on Good Friday. (Remember: Community service looks great on scholarship applications.) More...

A bake sale to benefit Project Graduation is scheduled at the Family Center IGA, 418 S. Alister St., on Saturday, April 3, from 8 a.m. until they are sold out. Donations of baked goods may be dropped off at the sale at 8 a.m. More...

The Ellis Memorial Library Book Club discussion group will meet on Tuesday, April 13, to discuss “Old School,” by Tobias Wolff. The club, open to the public, meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. More...

These three sisters spent a little time in Port Aransas this year, as they do every year, walking on the south jetty, picking up trash as they go. More...

Pass by a sea cucumber in a tide pool, and you may hardly notice this lowly, pickle-shaped creature. But try to make a meal out of one, and you’ll probably never forget it. More...

Celebrate spring and discover what’s blooming at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Wetlands Education Center Wildflower Walk on Saturday, April 10. More...

Margaret Brown has been beachcombing for years in Port Aransas. But she never has found anything quite so cool as the discovery she made March 10. A message in a bottle. More...

Enjoy a spring morning stretch at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, April 10. Nancy Myers will instruct the free class beginning at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

The Parrot Heads of Port Aransas will hold its monthly meeting at the home of Debbie and Roy Owen on Thursday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. Call 749-5141 by 6 p.m. on the day of the meeting for the address. More...

It’s spring cleaning extreme. Dispose of junk from yards, garages and households during the Keep Port Aransas Beautiful free dump day. Dunk your Junk, a tradition for years, has been set for Saturday, April 17. From 9 a.m. More...

A popular Port Aransas shop was broken into overnight on Saturday, March 27, or Sunday, March 28, with the burglars smashing in the front door with some kind of metal object, police reports show. More...

Pam Henderson, a contract maintenance worker at the Port Aransas Post Office, loads recycled mail on Monday, March 29, to be sent to a postal center in Corpus Christi. The recyclable paper and cardboard is then sent to a recycling station. More...

MONDAY, MARCH 22 9:24 a.m. • In the 500 block of East Avenue G, a theft was reported. 10:02 a.m. • Emergency medical service (EMS) workers took a sick person from the 800 block of Sea Breeze Lane to an area hospital. More...

I’ve been waiting for this April for a long time: 60 years to be precise. In 1949, F.J. Amos, also known as Dad, bought an old microscope in a junk shop. It was brass and came in a wooden cabinet. More...