The Parrot Head Spring PHling on Saturday, March 10, has sold out. Sponsors for the event are Cheniere Energy and Sysco Central Texas. The party is in a private home (address on tickets) from 2-9 p.m. The Port A Rockers will begin playing at 5 p.m. More...

Candidate for Place 1 on the Port Aransas Independent School District Board of Trustees Lisa Shelton has released the following statement. “Hello, my name is Lisa Shelton, and I am seeking election to school board Place 1. More...

The American Sewing Guild will hold its monthly meeting at the JELM on Thursday, March 15, in the JELM library. The meeting will get under way at 10 a.m. Sue Bell is the leader of the the sewing guild. More...

Port Aransas Mayor Keith McMullin said he feels “very good” about the trip he took to Washington D.C. Feb. 27- 29 to lobby for federal money to benefit a variety of initiatives on Mustang Island. More...

Dozens of folks attended the Boats, Boots and Bow Ties benefit put on by the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association (PAPHA) on Saturday, March 3, at the Community Center. More...

Speaker of the House Joe Straus gave Texas House committees several issues to study between the end of the session and the start of the next legislature. More...

Tonight, Thursday, March 8, Dr. Lee Cooper will present “Potential Ecosystem Impacts: The decline of seasonal sea ice in the Arctic” at the public lecture series offered by The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute. More...

Were you born in Port Aransas? If so, we want to hear from you. More...

Larry Sullivan of Port Aransas gives blood in the Coastal Bend Blood Center’s blood mobile during a drive in the parking lot of the Family Center IGA on Thursday, March 1. Assisting Sullivan is phlebotomist Danny Alcala. More...

All eight Port Aransas ferries will be available during the busy Spring Break period of March 10-18, according to a ferry system spokesman. More...

MONDAY, FEB. 27 4:23 P.M. • During a traffic stop at State Hwy. 361 and Piper Boulevard, an officer cited a woman for failure to identify to an officer. 6:30 P.M. More...

FROM NUECES COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4, RECORDS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29 1:50 A.M. • A deputy responded to a fight in the 800 block of Trout Street and reported the combatants separated. More...

Aly Fox and Dustin Gerloff, both of San Antonio, were married at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in a ceremony at The Chapel of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. More...

Peter Falus will give a talk Thursday, March 8, about sailing, racing sailboats and ship building. The free talk, titled “Sailing Through the Ages,” will be at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister, at 7 p.m. More...

Let go of stress and take a moment for yourself at Yoga on the Beach Saturday, March 10. Instructor Nancy Myers will lead the class beginning at 8 a.m. next to Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

The JELM center has tickets on sale now for the Boot Scoot Dance being held on Wednesday, March 14, at the Pollock Center. The dance will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person and available at the JELM center. More...

Continuing uncle and aunt remembrances from last week, I now turn to my mum’s side of the family, the Stacys. More...