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SandFest preparations continue Free Access

Event takes place Friday through Sunday

Working today, Wednesday, April 18, "Amazin' Walter" McDonald of South Padre Island creates a sand castle on the beach in Port Aransas as preparations for SandFest continued. More...

Surf claims two lives

Men were visiting from Lamesa

BY PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

The body of a second drowning victim was found at 10:18 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, near Pole 40 on the Mustang Island beach. More...

Special Sections

Opinion

Rapoport loss will run deep

DAVE MCNEELY

Bernard Rapoport, the noted insurance magnate and philanthropist who died late Thursday, April 5, at the age of 94, was an anomaly in a lot of ways. More...

Movies missed reality of Titanic

CAL THOMAS

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Here, where Titanic, the massive White Star Line luxury liner, was built -- the joke for years has been, “It was fine when it left here.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship &ldquo More...

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Fishing

Great lings

Richard Ridgeway, left and Mike Burkhart of Aransas Pass fished the offshore gas wells on April 5 and caught sheepshead and these two nice-sized lings. More...

Beautiful weather brings better fishing

FISHING REPORT

Beautiful weather this week provided great fishing during the Easter holiday. Offshore, anglers caught vermilion and lane snapper, amberjack, king mackerel, shark, ling, blackfin tuna and barracuda. More...

Grand grouper

James D’Antoni, left, and Ty Milliff, both of Tyler, caught these 63-pound and 69-pound grouper on Friday, March 30. In addition, they caught vermilion and dog snapper, shark and amberjack. More...

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Obituaries Free Access

Woodruff

Wayne D. “Bud,” “Woody” Woodruff o f Tr a - verse City, Mich., died on Monday, April 9, 2012. He was 88. Woodruff was born in Rapid City, Mich., to Ina “Innis” and Clarence Woodruff on June 9, 1923. More...

Carlson

Marie Carlson died on Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Plano. Services will be held at Trinity by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Port Aransas on Saturday, April 14, at 2 p.m. Carl- son was born March 24, 1928, in Michig a n . More...

Williams

JoAnn Lee “Jo” Williams o f Po r t Aran- sas died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in a Corpus Christi hospital. She was 76. More...

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PAHS golf teams finish third, fourth at regional Free Access

The Marlin golf team finished third yesterday at the regional golf tournament in Brenham, and the Lady Marlins team finished fourth today out of 12 teams. In the boys' competition, Flatonia led with 348, Milano scored 355 and Port Aransas chal More...

Lesson Mountain

Free sand sculpting lessons preamble to SandFest

Get a leg up on the competition by taking part in the free sand sculpting lessons that will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at Lesson Mountain. More...

Green light

City to get go ahead to move sand at park

DAN PARKER
REPORTER

A newly issued federal permit will give workers more freedom in how they maintain the beach at I.B. Magee Beach Park in Port Aransas, a city official said. More...

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Island Life

Music in the park

Sunset Sounds concert series starts Friday

Hear Tropical Punch play a blend of blues, country, classic rock and original songs Friday, April 13, at Roberts Point Park. The free concert, which is the first of the Sunset Sounds series, will begin at 7 p.m. More...

Toss junk during city’s ‘spring cleaning’ event

Start your spring cleaning Saturday, April 14, with the help of Keep Port Aransas Beautiful (KPAB), the City of Port Aransas and Republic Services (Allied Waste). More...

Enjoy yoga on the beach

Class set for Saturday

Take time to relax and become more flexible doing yoga on the beach Saturday, April 14. The public is invited to a free one-hour yoga lesson at 8 a.m. next to the Horace Caldwell Pier at the end of Beach Street. More...

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Youth

And, they’re off!

Children take off running to collect eggs on a baseball field at Port Aransas Community Park on Easter Sunday, April 8. It was part of the annual hunt spnosored by the Rotary Club. More...

Easter smiles

Tripp Collins, 9, and his sister, HannaJo, 7, pose for a photo with the Easter bunny after the Rotary Club egg hunt at Port Aransas Community Park April 8. More...

In the hunt

Wearing bunny ears, Hadley Stokes, 7, grabs up an egg during the Rotary Club egg hunt at Port Aransas Community Park on Easter Sunday, April 8. Hadley is a former Port Aransan now living in Tomball. More...

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Sports

Netters advance to regionals

Port Aransas High School will send three doubles teams and one singles player to the Region 4 Class 1A tennis tournament at College Station next week after winning at the district tournament last week. More...

Marlins roll over Runge

PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

The Marlin baseball team went to Runge on Tuesday, April 3, and returned home with a 9-5 win and preserved their third- place position among Texas 1A baseball teams. More...

Girls out-hit opponents

But Lady Marlins still fall to Lady Cardinals, 2-3

PHIL REYNOLDS
STAFF WRITER

Despite out- hitting the Lady Cardinals 8- 3 at La Villa on Tuesday, April 3, the Lady Marlins couldn’t pick up enough runs to win the game, and posted a 2-3 loss. More...

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Island Agenda Free Access

AGENDAISLAND

DAILY • Port Aransas Community Park Swimming Pool, 700 Clark Parkway: Open Tuesday-Saturday. Hours: Water exercise: Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and noon. Open swim: Tuesday-Thursday, 1-2 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 1-6 p.m. More...

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