October 20, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Sunset skate session

A skateboarder shoots along a high spot in the concrete skate area at Port Aransas Community Park as a brilliant sunset develops Tuesday, Oct. 4. More...

Telling tales

Old Town Festival brings together surfers, old-timers for stories, fun
DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Port Aransans celebrated their town’s history with a parade, story telling, an oldfashioned surfboard paddling race and more. The Old Town Festival, on Saturday, Oct. 15, was a good time. More...

PAISD aims to keep kids in class

PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

Port Aransas ISD trustees are getting the jump on school absenteeism this year. At their Thursday, Oct. More...

Torn up

Rebuilding Trout Street requires first tearing it up
DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Workers this week began a project designed to provide a big fix to a potholed street running through one of the most visited restaurant and bar areas in Port Aransas. More...

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Man up; it’s not over yet

DAVE MCNEELY

Well, how about that? Anita Perry was complaining recently in South Carolina that the other Republican presidential hopefuls are picking on her husband. “It’s been a rough month,” Texas’ First Lady said tearfully. More...

Talking trash

MARY HENKEL JUDSON

Let’s talk some trash. We get calls fairly regularly from either second-homeowners or visitors who want to know if there is a way for them to recycle. More...

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Fishing

Huge

Bart Bowden of Liberty Hill caught this 38-inch redfish on Friday, Oct. 7. He was fishing in the afternoon at Roberts Point Park. More...

King catch

Angela Tolleson of Cedar Park caught this 38-inch kingfish on an eight-hour trip out of Deep Sea Headquarters with Capt. Keith Schoolcraft. She fished aboard the Gulf Eagle on Friday, Oct. 14. More...

Commercial catches of amberjack to end

Commercial fishermen will have to lay off the amberjack. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) halted the commercial harvest of greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico. The closure went into effect at 12:01 a.m. More...

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Obituaries  Free Access 

Abell

Austin physician Joseph M. Abell Jr., 79, died at his home Monday, Oct, 17, 2011, of amyo- trophic lateral sclerosis. Abell owned a second home in Port Aransas. Abell was born in Houston on Jan. More...

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Johnny Ford dies  Free Access 

Memorial for former Port Aransas resident is today in Kemah

Details of memorial for Ford in Port Aransas to be announced later More...

New Edition of The South Jetty now available

Reconstruction of Trout Street started this week, the city is introducing a new recycling program for businesses and condominiums, police have a suspect in the case of the puppies that were left to die in a commercial trash bin – read about all this More...

Suspect eyed

No arrest yet in dumped pups case
DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Police haven’t made any arrests yet, but they have a suspect in the case of 10 puppies that recently were left to die in a Port Aransas dumpster, according to an investigator. More...

City to expand recycling

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Port Aransas city officials are looking to expand the community’s recycling program. More...

Island Life

New pool hours set

New pool hours at the Port Aransas Community Park pool went into effect on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Fall hours for the pool are Tuesday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, noon-6 p.m. More...

Painting the town

Above, artist David Anderson of Moline, Ill., paints the Port Aransas Museum during the Coastal Paint-Out 2011, held during Old Town Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15. More...

Dunk Your Junk is Saturday

Cooler temperatures and no dumping charges at the City of Port Aransas transfer station mean there’s no excuse not to clean up your yard, garage and home. More...

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Youth

EDUCATION NOTES

Great things lie ahead
STEVE REAVES

It’s hard to believe that it’s that time of year again. Cross country is getting ready for the district meet and basketball is starting up. More...

Gift of life

Port Aransas High School senior Zachary Cleveland gives blood aboard a blood mobile on Friday, Oct. 7, with assistance from Shawn Gonzales, a phlebotomist with the Coastal Bend Blood Center. More...

Not a spot missed

Members of the Port Aransas Kiwanis Key Club from Port Aransas High School held a car wash on Saturday, Oct. 15. More...

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Sports

Team spirit

Port Aransas High School cheerleaders perform at the Spirit Dinner Monday, Oct. 17 Back row, from left: Savannah Peterson, Cles Follett, Megan Forrest, Courtney McNatt and Genevieve Powers. More...

Marlins pick up pace before district cross country meet

Marlin cross-country runners tuned up for the district meet set for Monday, Oct. 24, by turning in some impressive times Saturday, Oct. 15, on the course that will be used for the district meet. More...

BMS runners win ribbons at West Guth Park meet

Brundrett Middle School cross country runners did well in a meet at West Guth Park in Corpus Christi on Saturday, Oct. 15, with runners finishing in single-digit places in all four divisions. More...

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