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March 22, 2012 / Island Life

Money for the ARK

Friends of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep presented a check for $2,000 to Tony Amos for the ARK. Funds were raised during the Whooping Crane Festival. More...

Spring Break 2012

Thousands descend on Port Aransas

Mostly sunny skies had droves of folks flocking to Port Aransas for the Spring Break holiday March 12- 16. More...

Road rage? Man waves assault rifle in traffic jam

A 20-year-old man is out of jail on $500 bond this week after being charged with waving an assault rifle at people during a Spring Break traffic jam. More...

Man charged with firing gun on beach

An Aransas Pass man was in the Nueces County Jail on Monday, March 19, in lieu of $25,000 bail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after beachgoers complained he had been firing a gun on the beach. More...

CONSTABLE’S BEAT

FROM NUECES COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4, RECORDS

MONDAY, MARCH 12 11 A.M. • A deputy took a report of the burglary of a habitation in the 300 block of Dolphin Circle. Burglars got in through an apparently unlocked door and took two flat screen TV sets and a DVD player. More...

PASTOR’S PEN

Mission helps others

You may have noticed announcements in the South Jetty and in other places about fundraisers that First Baptist Church has been having for our summer mission trip to Guatemala. More...

Port Aransas welcomes new business

A new business has opened in Port Aransas. Bay Area Title celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, May 15, but doors actually opened Monday, Feb. 13. More...

ISLAND OBSERVER

Auntie Dorrie’s fascinating house

TONY AMOS

Please read these out loud or pronounce them silently in your head: “Derwent One Five Two O, East Horsely Two One Seven Eight, Gypsy Hill Double Two Double Seven, Popes Grove Seven Eight Eight Nine, Fairlands Seven O Five Seven.” More...

Cleared for take-off

A great blue heron flies over Mustang Beach Airport as a plane taxis along, preparing for take-off. More...

Recyling to be topic at the KPAB meeting

Recycling will be the topic of the March Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB) meeting. The meeting will be at the Community Center, 408 N. Alister, St., on Tuesday, March 27, at 6 p.m. More...

Free tour of beach is Friday

Shirley Fischer will lead a guided beach walk tomorrow, Friday, March 23. She will teach walkers about all the different things that wash up on Mustang Island beaches. Participants should meet at 9 a.m. More...

Council addresses airport, finances, election

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

Port Aransas City Council members heard details of a city financial report, cancelled certain election plans and held a final vote on residency requirements for members of the city’s Airport Advisory Board. More...

Not allowed

Port Aransas Police Officer Seth Rosebrook talks with a family after pulling them over for riding a golf cart on State Hwy. 361. More...

POLICE BLOTTER

FROM PORT ARANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

Note: During Spring Break week, 11 minor (non-injury) accidents were reported in Port Aransas and 13 people were arrested on various types of outstanding warrants. Officers charged 19 people with public intoxication. More...

Kacie Bass, Donovan Kypke wed

Kacie Leigh Bass and Donovan Springfield Kypke exchanged wedding vows in an outdoor ceremony at the Red Corral Ranch in Wimberley at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2012. More...

Marine microbes are focus of lecture

Dr. David Kirchman will present “Journey into an Unseen World: Why Marine Microbes Matter” at the final talk of the 2012 University of Texas Marine Science Institute’s public lecture series today, Thursday, March 22. More...

Hunter heads trafficking probe

STATE REP. TODD HUNTER

During the 81st Texas Legislature, I chaired the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee. It is while serving as chairman of that committee that I learned how serious a problem human trafficking is in Texas. More...

KPAB offers afghans

Blue and cream afghans depicting Port Aransas attractions are for sale by Keep Port Aransas Beautiful members. The afghans are 100 percent woven cotton and measure 48 inches by 68 inches, and they are machine washable. More...