Shorty’s Place gets new space
Old Shorty’s Place has begun a new life. On Thursday, Jan. 26, a truck towed rear half of the iconic...
No races yet in council and trustee election
No races have developed yet in the upcoming election for the city council and school board in Port Aransas. But...
Book sale scheduled Saturday and Sunday
Book lovers are sure to be lined up outside the Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 4, waiting for the doors...
TxDOT to study part of Hwy. 361
Highway officials will study safety issues associated with the northbound turning lane alignment on State Highway 361 near the intersection...
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Nice catch
Markham Benn of San Antonio and Port Aransas holds up a spotted sea trout that he caught while wade fishing...
Trips bring in plenty of tuna
Fishing reportOffshore fishing trips at Port Aransas fishing charters returned with a lot of blackfin and yellowfin tuna this past week....
Port A boys thrash Three Rivers, Kenedy
Two lopsided wins were scored by the Port Aransas High School Marlins last week as they continued their march toward the playoffs. The Marlins dismantled Three Rivers, 74-38, on Tuesday,...
Good news, bad news
Lady Marlins beat Three Rivers but fall to Kenedy foesIt was a one-win, one-loss week for the Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins. They beat Three Rivers, 40-30, on Tuesday, Jan. 24. They then fell to Kenedy, 48-32 on...
Pitching key to winning season
The Port Aransas High School Marlins baseball team is going to have to work on developing its young pitching staff. That’s going to be a key to success during the...
Middle school teams dominate vs Woodsboro
None of the games really were all that close. Brundrett Middle School basketball teams largely clobbered the competition when they went up against Woodsboro on Thursday, Jan. 26. The seventh-grade...
PAHS golfers begin season
Port Aransas High School’s golf season began on Monday, Jan. 30, with a meet in Alice, and coach Steve Reaves said he was happy with how his players performed. “I...
JV gets big wins
Trouncings were delivered by the Port Aransas High School Marlins JV to their opponents last week. The Port A boys crushed Three Rivers, 71-18, on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Then they...
JV shows ‘best’ play
Port A girls defeat AnnapolisLady Marlins JV coach Ginger Jones had a big compliment for her players after they beat Annapolis Christian Academy. It was “the very best this team has ever played,” Jones...
Shorty’s Place gets new space
Old Shorty’s Place has begun a new life. On Thursday, Jan. 26, a truck towed rear half of the iconic Port Aransas bar building from its longtime Tarpon Street location...
No races yet in council and trustee election
No races have developed yet in the upcoming election for the city council and school board in Port Aransas. But it still could happen. The deadline for filing to be...
Book sale scheduled Saturday and Sunday
Book lovers are sure to be lined up outside the Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 4, waiting for the doors to open for the annual book sale. The William R....
TxDOT to study part of Hwy. 361
Highway officials will study safety issues associated with the northbound turning lane alignment on State Highway 361 near the intersection of Avenue G in Port Aransas. Drivers headed south on...
Recovered bollard buddies will be returned to beach
Fourteen “bollard buddies” reportedly taken from their beach posts over the weekend are back in good hands after the person who took them apparently had a change of heart. “I’m over the moon happy,” said Diana Vondra, a Port Aransas resident who organized the effort that put more than 300...
Getting a paint job
Photographed on Thursday, Jan. 26, workers were continuing the process of getting a new paint job on a water tower off State Highway 361, near the headquarters of Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4. The tower will still have the words “Port Aransas Fighting Marlins and illustrations...
Stawar files for school board
Brett Stawar has filed to run for Place 2 on the Port Aransas school board. He submitted the following candidate statement. “From the first trip our family made to Port Aransas, it was the Port Aransas Independent School District (PAISD), and specifically the people who make up that entity, that...
At the summit
Audience members applaud a speaker at the second annual Port Aransas Tourism Summit on Friday, Jan. 27, at the Civic Center. The event was sponsored by the Port Aransas Tourism Bureau and Chamber of Commerce. Speakers talked about tourism trends, the bureau’s work and what the future holds for tourism...
Tackle talk
David McKee, a retired professor of biology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, talked about vintage and antique fishing tackle and lures on Monday, Jan. 30. He was speaking at the Winter Lecture Series hosted by the Port Aransas Museum.
Touring homes
Dozens of folks took part in the 33rd annual Port Aransas Garden Club Home Tour on Saturday, Jan. 28. Above: Visitors check out the interior of a home at the Beach Walk II subdivision. Below left: Folks head into a home on Park Place. Below right: At the Community Center,...
Tickets go on sale for garden club style show
Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Fashion ‘N Flip Flops Fashion Show hosted by the Port Aransas Garden Club. The annual show is set for Thursday, March 2, at the Civic Center, 710 W. Ave. A. Tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased at Gratitude, 316...
Clarity on fog
Giving a lecture in Port Aransas on Thursday, Jan. 26, was Liz Sommerville, marine program leader with the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi. She was at speaking about sea fog at the Patton Center-Marine Science Education, part of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute.
Woltersdorf, Craig wedding held Dec. 28
Paytyn Allyn Woltersdorf and Cody Andrew Craig were married on Dec. 28, 2022 at Palmilla Beach Resort and Golf Club in Port Aransas. Paytyn is the daughter of Kay and Ronald Woltersdorf of San Antonio and Port Aransas. Cody is the son of Jayne and Chance Craig of Longview. The...
Sign-up open for tennis tourney
Winter Old-LympicsRegistration is open for the Winter Old-Lympics tennis tournament, set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19. It will be the 26th installment of the tournament that pairs partners whose ages add up to 100 or more. Players who are rated by the United States Tennis Association must be...
Wintertime pastimes
For decades Port Aransas has been home to winter visitors who come here to enjoy the warmer winter months and escape the snow and cold in the northern United States and Canada. Many of the folks who spend the winter...
Exchange student enjoys Port Aransas
The grocery stores are bigger, and folks are a little chattier here. Those are some of the differences that Frieda Petersen has observed between Port Aransas and her home in Europe. Petersen is a German foreign exchange student at Port Aransas High School. A sophomore, she just enrolled in classes...
Winning the lottery
Education NotesIn August of 2018, I won the lottery. No, not some silly little lottery worth millions of dollars. Something even better. The teacher’s lottery. That was the month I won the teaching jackpot and was hired at Brundrett Middle School and became a Marlin. Let me tell you, it just...
Bee winners crowned
Dominic Joyce and Joseph Tocci were crowned the winners of a student spelling bee held in Port Aransas on Saturday, Jan. 17. Dominic, a fifth-grader, won a spelling competition that involved H.G. Olsen Elementary School students. Joseph, who is in seventh grade, won the Brundrett Middle School contest. The bee...
Library story time slated for Saturday
Take Your Child to the Library Day will be on Saturday, Feb. 4, and to celebrate, the William R. “Bill” Ellis Memorial Library is inviting all kids and their parents to the library. Annette Anderson, program coordinator at the library, will host a story time and craft making beginning at...
Brennan earns honor roll spot at Sam Houston State University
Elish Brennan, a 2022 graduate of Port Aransas High School, was named to the President’s Honor Roll for the fall 2022 semester at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Students who receive this designation must earn a 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less...
Cotter consternation
A proposed plan to route traffic from the ferry to Cut-off Road, with traffic taking a left to reach Cotter Avenue, was the subject of much controversy in the fall of 1989. The plan was discussed in a workshop session between the Port Aransas City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, a citizens’ advisory committee appointed by Mayor J.C. Barr, and...
